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In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use of race. Alabama figures into this conversation.

A three judge federal panel is reportedly in the market for a new map maker. Published reports say the court’s current cartographer just withdrew from the case involving Alabama’s controversial Congressional map.

Alabama GOP leaders say the state’s new Congressional map is in keeping with the order of a three judge panel. Critics say the new district lines defy an order from the U.S Supreme Court prohibiting racial gerrymandering.

On the eve of a court deadline, Alabama lawmakers are still divided over the map designating new congressional districts and sparred over what constitutes an "opportunity" district that the state was ordered to create for Black voters.

Alabama Republicans advanced new congressional lines in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Black lawmakers call it an insult to the court's order to give minority voters a greater voice

Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting district. This opposition despite an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional district boundaries. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday.

Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville continues blocking military promotions over a Pentagon policy on abortion. President Biden says the lawmaker’s actions are irresponsible. Republican voters in Alabama apparently see the situation

Today is the last day for the general public to make comments as Alabama lawmakers redraw the State’s Congressional maps. Governor Kay Ivey set July seventeenth to meet over the issue. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with a three-judge panel that the current maps likely violated the Voting Rights Act.

The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state's congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case. The Supreme Court's brief order was the fourth this month addressing redistricting conducted by states based on the 2020 census. Its other decisions dealt with Republican-drawn U.S. House districts in Alabama and Louisiana, which lower courts said likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of Black residents.

Alabama governor Kay Ivey set a special legislative session to redraw congressional district maps that the U.S. Supreme Court declared unfair to Black voters.