Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow congressional map found racially discriminatory

The Supreme Court blocks Alabama's 2023 congressional map

A three-judge federal panel, including two President Donald Trump appointees and one Former President Bill Clinton appointee, blocked Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, finding it deliberately diluted Black voting power. The court ordered Alabama to adopt a replacement map, allowing Black voters to elect their preferred candidates, Slate reports. In a 79-page opinion, U.S. District Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer (Trump appointees) and U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus (Clinton appointee), explain Alabama's 2023 map, "made it impossible not only to remediate the vote dilution we identified, but also to respect the longstanding community of interest the Legislature identified in Alabama's Black Belt."Legal analysts argue the decision forces the Supreme Court to either clearly prohibit overtly racist gerrymandering or admit it has enabled attacks on Black political representation. The court found Alabama cynically used a recent Supreme Court decision to justify intensifying discriminatory vote dilution. Alabama is appealing to the Supreme Court and seeking an emergency stay. Analysts warn, if the conservative-majority Supreme Court grants Alabama's stay, it will expose previous assurances about racial gerrymandering as "cynical fiction."Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

James Talarico and Ken Paxton court the Cornyn vote

Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton wasted no time appealing to Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) supporters after the longtime incumbent was ousted in a Senate primary runoff against Trump-backed Paxton. Democrats see a moment ripe for the taking to win over Cornyn-backers after party leaders, save for Trump, openly trashed Paxton as a morally […]

Today in Supreme Court History: May 27, 1935

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Alabama Republicans ask Supreme Court to clear way for congressional map

Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to clear the way for its congressional map that would remove the state’s second majority-Black district and give Republicans a potential pickup in November.  State Republicans insist the justices’ recent 6-3 blockbuster decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act means they should be able to move ahead with their map for the midterms.  But on Tuesday,…

Supreme Court Asked to Revive GOP-Drawn Alabama Voting Map

Alabama officials asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a Republican-drawn voting map that would eliminate a majority-Black congressional district and give the GOP a likely pickup in the November midterms.

Radical Texas Sex Therapist Who Vowed to Convert ICE Facility into Prison for American Zionists Loses Democrat Congressional Primary

A licensed sex therapist and leftist activist who called for turning a federal ICE detention center in Texas into a “prison for American Zionists,” complete with a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday. The post Radical Texas Sex Therapist Who Vowed to Convert ICE Facility into Prison for American Zionists Loses Democrat Congressional Primary appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Democrat Who Claimed Jews Worship Satan, Called for Jailing of Zionists, Loses Primary Runoff for Texas Congressional Seat Despite Initial First-Place Finish

A Democratic Texas House candidate who called for American supporters of Israel to be put in prison—as well as saying Jews worship Satan and own Hollywood—was defeated decisively in a Democratic primary runoff Tuesday evening, despite having finished first in the original vote that triggered the runoff. The post Democrat Who Claimed Jews Worship Satan, Called for Jailing of Zionists, Loses Primary Runoff for Texas Congressional Seat Despite Initial First-Place Finish appeared first on .