Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court ruling that found the state's map of congressional election districts likely violates the Voting Rights Act by weakening ...

(Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images) In a 14-6 party line ... Black Alabamians. The court ordered lawmakers to create a new map with two majority-Black districts, increasing the odds that the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Alabama officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to allow an additional Black majority district to account for the fact that the state is 27% Black.

The court in two related applications refused emergency requests from Republican state ... minority-Black district was required, in line with the Supreme Court's June ruling. A new map with ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act because, in a state with seven congressional districts and a 27% Black population ...