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Federal District Court Orders Georgia’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map to Be Redrawn by December 8th

October 30, 2023December 28, 2023

A federal district court found that the State of Georgia’s Congressional voting district map is in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Similar to Alabama, the judge ordered a new map to include an additional majority-minority district.

SCOTUS Said Alabama’s 26% Black Population Should have Two Congressional Districts. Why is a Federal Court is Holding Up Maps Which Could Give Louisiana’s 33% Black Population Its Two Districts?

October 2, 2023December 29, 2023

Alabama’s population is 26% Black, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s Allen v. Milligan decision mandated two majority minority Congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana is 33% Black, but on Sept. 29th, a federal appeals court stopped the drawing of two Black Congressional districts.

Updates on a Federal Court Rejection of a Stay for Alabama’s Congressional Maps, and an Upcoming SCOTUS Case on South Carolina’s Maps

September 12, 2023December 29, 2023

We have two updates on racial gerrymandering cases today, with another setback to the Alabama legislature’s defiant Congressional maps, and another important case coming up in South Carolina.

Federal Appeals Court Slams Alabama Legislature for Defying U.S. Supreme Court’s Milligan Ruling and Strikes Down Revised Maps

September 6, 2023December 29, 2023

Tuesday, a U.S. District Court of Appeals struck down in the strongest possible terms, the Alabama legislature’s revised Congressional district maps, drawn in defiance of June’s Milligan decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Developments in the Fight for Fair Voting District Maps in Alabama, Florida and Wisconsin

August 16, 2023December 30, 2023

While we’ve been busy reading indictments, there have been three developments in the last week which may impact gerrymandered Congressional maps in Alabama, Florida and Wisconsin.