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Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court -- after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district

  • Written by Henry L. Chambers Jr., Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageEvan Milligan, plaintiff in an Alabama case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the U.S., speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 4, 2022.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File

In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting...

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