A three-judge panel Thursday denied a request from plaintiffs in Alabama’s redistricting case to put the state back under “preclearance,” which would subject any future congressional maps to approval by the court.

On Thursday, a three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that Alabama must continue to use the court-ordered congressional map that created a second majority-Black district. The latest ruling also says the map should stay in place until regularly scheduled redistricting following the 2030 census.

A federal court ruled Alabama must use a court-ordered congressional map through 2030, ensuring fair representation for Black voters, but denied Voting Rights Act oversight.

U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus recently asked attorneys for Alabama a direct question: Why should we ignore the past? This happened during a hearing on Alabama’s congressional district maps. Marcus and his two colleagues — U.

Federal judges on Thursday ordered Alabama to continue using a court-selected congressional map for the rest of the decade

The three-judge panel unanimously, and for the second time, found that the state drew a map that unfairly discriminated against Black Alabamians.

The ruling says the map must stay in place until regularly scheduled redistricting following the 2030 census. Monday is the last day to register to vote in order to cast a ballot in more than 140 municipalities electing new leaders in two weeks.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama announced Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate, seeking the position being vacated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville who is running for governor.

Deuel Ross of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, representing plaintiffs who originally challenged an Alabama congressional map approved in 2021, said Tuesday that federal oversight, or at least giving ...

(WIAT) — Judges said in a ruling that Alabama will have to wait until 2030 to change how congressional districts are drawn in the state. UPDATE: 2 dead, 1 hospitalized after industrial incident in Mobile This comes after the court found in May that a map ...