The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

Supreme Court signals few map changes before midterms

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court order that allowed Alabama to use its new congressional map for the 2022 election has ominous signs for federal challenges to redistricting plans in other states for the upcoming midterms and beyond.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

Chief Justice John Roberts’ grip slips as Supreme Court conservatives curb voting rights

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022

'She died protecting her children': California bus shooting victim was from Seattle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Karin Dalton was a devoted mother and she was protecting her children when she was shot and killed after a gunman opened fire last week inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022

The Supreme Court's Alabama Redistricting Ruling Looks Like a Holding Pattern, Not a Power Grab

Contrary to some of the more breathless reactions, it doesn't suggest a conspiracy to help Republicans win elections by disenfranchising black voters.

Reason · Feb 8, 2022

‘A disservice to Black Alabamians’: Outrage as Supreme Court restores Alabama maps which discriminate against Black people

Justices tee up legal battle over Voting Rights Act and protections against racial gerrymandering

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Supreme Court signals few map changes before midterms - Roll Call

The court's decision on Alabama's congressional map may mean other states’ Voting Rights Act challenges will take longer.

Roll Call · Feb 8, 2022

Throwing Shade At The Shadow Docket In The Alabama Redistricting Cases

Merrill v. Milligan is the most important shadow docket entry since John Does 1-3 v. Mills

Reason · Feb 8, 2022

In win for GOP, Supreme Court blocks new Black-majority district in Alabama

WASHINGTON — In its first decision on this decade’s congressional redistricting, the Supreme Court on Monday sided with Alabama’s Republicans and blocked the creation of a new Black-majority district in the state.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

Supreme court lets Alabama use maps decried as biased against Black voters

Justices put on hold a lower court ruling that state must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections

The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2022

Supreme Court restores Alabama’s GOP-drawn congressional map in voting rights battle

Justices tee up legal battle over Voting Rights Act and protections against racial gerrymandering

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022