Press Releases
about Voting Rights
Nov 20, 2023
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Radical Ruling in Arkansas Redistricting Case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a 2022 lower court ruling in an Arkansas redistricting case that radically concluded that voters may not sue ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment
Nov 10, 2023
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Louisiana’s Congressional Map is DiscriminatoryÂ
NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a lower court that the congressional map enacted by the Louisiana Legislature following the 2020 census is disc...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 26, 2023
Federal Court Orders Georgia to Redraw State Legislative District MapsÂ
General Assembly has December 8 deadline to create maps equitable for Black voters
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc v. Raffensperger
Oct 11, 2023
Oral Arguments Wrap in U.S. Supreme Court Case Challenging South Carolina’s Congressional Map for Racial Discrimination
WASHINGTON — This morning, oral arguments concluded in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the fate of Sout...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 11, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Maine Asks Law Court to Uphold First Amendment RightsÂ
PORTLAND – The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Maine and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s State Supreme Court Initiative Tuesday filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial C...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 05, 2023
District Court Orders Alabama to Adopt New Congressional Map with Two Black Opportunity Districts Â
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A district court in Alabama today ordered the state to adopt a congressional map that includes two districts where Black voters will have the opportunity to el...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Allen v. Milligan
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