redistricting - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:39:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png redistricting - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Alabama’s Congressional map https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-over-alabamas-congressional-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-over-alabamas-congressional-map Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:38:58 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=42802 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit alleging the Alabama map of congressional districts improperly dilutes the voting power of Black voters in the state. The high court ordered the hearing after Alabama appealed the ruling of a three-judge panel. That panel agreed with the plaintiffs...

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]]> HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit alleging the Alabama map of congressional districts improperly dilutes the voting power of Black voters in the state.

The high court ordered the hearing after Alabama appealed the ruling of a three-judge panel.

That panel agreed with the plaintiffs in the case and directed the Alabama Legislature to redraw the seven-district map to include two majority Black districts or two near-majority Black districts.  The panel had directed the maps to be redrawn in time for Alabama’s primary election in May.

But the State of Alabama appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The district court had pointed out that the previous map had been drawn in a week by the Alabama Legislature and assigned experts to help redraw the map if the Legislature failed to do so.

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