(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 ...

At issue in the Alabama case: whether the map drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature improperly diluted the political power of Black Alabamians, who make up 27% of the state’s population but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...