Alabama, congress and Supreme Court
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An earthquake‑level Supreme Court ruling that weakens the 1965 Voting Rights Act is triggering major questions about Alabama’s congressional map and the future of its elections from Congress to local school boards. The 6–3 decision Wednesday struck ...
Several Republican-led states across the South are rushing to redraw their congressional maps ahead of November's midterm elections in a bid to help save their party's narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives,
Alabama lawmakers are scrambling to change the state's congressional maps. The governor called a special session after the Supreme Court tossed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Here in the U.S., Southern states controlled by Republicans are now ...