Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Redrawn Alabama Voting Maps to Be Considered Oct. 3
BY MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
A three-judge panel has scheduled a hearing next week on three proposed plans would alter the boundaries of Congressional District 2...
“…the State of Alabama has shamelessly chosen to ignore the U.S....
-U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell on a new congressional map drawn by state lawmakers that only contains one majority-Black district, instead of two as ruled...
“The eyes of the nation are looking at you. I know...
-Evan Milligan, lead plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case which determined that Alabama must redraw maps to better represent Black voters, to state...
Civic Leaders Urge Caution After Momentous Voting Rights Victory at U.S....
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled voting rights with the Shelby County v. Holder decision, there now appears...
Rev Jesse Jackson: The Integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Last week, two events involving the U.S. Supreme Court occurred.
First, four days of hearings surrounding the nomination and possible elevation...
Black Girls Who See Themselves in the Supreme Court Nominee
By Annie Ma
Associated Press
In 2013, as she watched President Barack Obama's second inauguration, 7-year-old Veronica Bofah decided she wanted to be just like him....
Thurgood Marshall movie faithful to the facts, and the man
By Jessica Gresko
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s widow, Cecilia, has seen two showings of the new movie “Marshall” about her...
