African Americans account for about 27% of the state’s population but were the majority in just one of the state’s seven congressional districts. The lawsuits accuse Alabama lawmakers of ...

Several conservative justices were skeptical that the Voting Rights Act’s attempts to redress past discrimination can coexist ...

Attorneys were to file briefs today to persuade three federal judges who will now decide whether Alabama’s congressional ... who ordered the current district map in favor of the plaintiffs.

Alabama AG Steve Marshall led an amicus brief arguing vote dilution claims are insufficient to justify so-called “racial ...