WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States and seemed likely to divide the court along ideological lines.Source: Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law....
Lower federal courts agreed and ordered a redraw of the maps ahead of the November elections. But the nation’s highest court stayed that order and agreed to hear Tuesday’s arguments.Source: High court seems chilly to ‘race neutral’ reading of Voting Rights Act....
A federal judge has ruled against an organization founded by Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee for Georgia, stating that the state’s election practices do not violate constitutional rights. The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones marks the end of a four-year legal battle. “Although Georgia’s election system is not perfect, the challenged…Source: Judge rules against Stacey Abrams...
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Republican former congressman's challenge to a map charting Pennsylvania's U.S. House of Representatives districts that the state's highest court adopted in place of one drawn up by Republican lawmakers.Source: U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Pennsylvania electoral map....
The Court's new term starts in October and includes significant voting cases. One lawsuit out of North Carolina could have broad ramifications, with Republicans asking the Supreme Court to revoke the ability of state courts to review election laws under their states’ constitutions.Source: Supreme Court to hear 2 cases with major implications for 2024....
Violent political speech has increasingly crossed into the realm of in-person confrontation for members of Congress in both parties, raising the prospect of a disastrous event. WASHINGTON — In Bangor, Maine, an unknown visitor smashed a storm window at Senator Susan Collins’s home.Source: Lawmakers Confront a Rise in Threats and Intimidation, and Fear Worse....
Investiture ceremony marks the first time that Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, has taken her place on the bench.Source: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her seat on Supreme Court....
It’s a tale of four Democratic incumbents. And the two from Arizona and New Hampshire are breathing easier than Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto.Source: Georgia and Nevada on their minds: Senate watchers sweat two swing states....
WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday endorsed a bill to remove the ambiguity that helped lead to the by a mob loyal to Donald Trump seeking to halt certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.Source: McConnell backs Electoral Count Act to prevent repeat of Jan. 6 insurrection, all but ensuring passage....
ATLANTA (AP) — The tale of breached voting equipment in one of the country’s most important political battleground states involves a bail bondsman, a prominent attorney tied to former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and a cast of characters from a rSource: Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale....
