US Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama’s request to keep separate and unequal political districts
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAlex Wong/Getty ImagesFor the second time in three months, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed...
Brett Kavanaugh’s Whoopsie Forces Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBut, again, the key words in Kavanaugh’s Alabama concurrence: in the future. We are not here to...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history, has died at 90
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 22 hours ago“Dianne Feinstein fought for what was right, even if it was hard and difficult and took months and...
SCOTUS tells Alabama it meant what it said the first time
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut Alabama defied the court majority and refused to draw a new map that would give Black voters a...
That redistricting argument sounds familiar
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 days agoI don’t trust this Supreme Court enough to say that...prevail. But it’s correct. What the Voting Rights Act does The Voting Rights Act ensures that...
Leubsdorf: Ruling offers brighter outlook for candidates
The Columbian· 2 weeks agoA decade after the Supreme Court sharply limited the sway of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark law...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s request to stay redistricting decision
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe state appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing the ruling would lead to “racial stereotyping” and...
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLower...Alabama’s Black population was both large enough and sufficiently compact for there to be a...
The Supreme Court will hear social media cases with immense free speech implications
Engadget· 18 hours agoJohn Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett voted to...
Dahlia Lithwick on Voting Rights, plus Katha Pollitt on 'The Forgotten Girls'
The Nation· 2 days agoJon Wiener, host: From the Nation Magazine, this is Start Making Sense. Katha Pollitt will talk...