Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }New York Primary TakeawaysNew York ResultsHow Results WorkPrimary CalendarChanges to MapsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. Abbie VanSickle covers the Supreme Court from Washington. The lower court judges made clear that they had reviewed the arguments through the lens of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling last month but maintained that the state’s map failed under the new standard by intentionally discriminating against Black voters.
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- ▪Abbie VanSickle covers the Supreme Court from Washington.
- ▪The lower court judges made clear that they had reviewed the arguments through the lens of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling last month but maintained that the state’s map failed under the new standard by intentionally discrimina
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 02:20:27 +0000 |
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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }New York Primary TakeawaysNew York ResultsHow Results WorkPrimary CalendarChanges to MapsAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTCourt Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black VotersAlabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.Listen · 7:55 min Share full article539People march for voting rights on the famed Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in May.Credit...Wes Frazer for The New York TimesBy Emily Cochrane and Abbie VanSickleEmily Cochrane, who…
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