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ICYMI—the latest on redistricting

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Scarborough slams "idiot" Tuberville

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed the Alabama senator for saying he didn't know what the Pentagon does every day

Salon

This butterfly farmer wants to strengthen the Republican Party's hold on Alabama

Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl is the youngest state GOP chair. He wants to increase GOP turnout among Black and young voters amid a larger redistricting battle and a looming election.

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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

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Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court — after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district

In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting districts that failed to create a second district where Black voters could elect a political candidate of their choice.

The Conversation

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election

The Independent UK

Judge allows Georgia to resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth

A federal judge in Atlanta has allowed Georgia to resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18

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Trump judges knock down AL map for 2024

"The state of Alabama deliberately disregarded our instructions”

Salon

Federal judges reject Republicans’ redrawn congressional map in Alabama

Court-appointed special master and cartographer will draw new map before 2024 election – although state is expected to appeal

The Guardian - US

Federal court names special master to redraw Alabama congressional map - Roll Call

A panel of judges threw out the state's latest map for congressional districts, finding it didn’t fix a likely violation of civil rights law.

Roll Call

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power

A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court

The Independent UK

Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional map for diluting Black votes – again

After ignoring the Supreme Court, the GOP’s new redistricting plan ‘plainly fails’ Black voters, judges rule

The Independent UK

Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

WEKU

Tuberville blasted over military "hold"

Secretaries of Army, Navy and Air Force take on Alabama anti-choice senator over military showdown

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2024 NFL draft: 2-round mock draft update at the start of the season

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Detroit might get creative with the former Alabama running back.

The Guardian - US

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’

Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

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10 U.S. destinations with three or more top-ranked resort courses

10 destinations have three or more highly ranked courses on Golfweek's Best Top 200 Resort Courses list.

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Alabama's new plan for execution

"Nitrogen hypoxia" is the latest brilliant idea in the ugly history of supposedly painless execution methods

Reason

Alabama Says Helping With Out-of-State Abortions Is 'Criminal Conspiracy'

Alabamans have no right "to conspire with others in Alabama to try to have abortions performed out of state," argues Attorney General Steve Marshall.

The Guardian - US

How Alabama is defying the supreme court to discriminate against Black voters

In June, the US supreme court upheld a decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map – but state Republicans ignored the mandate

The Guardian - US

Heart, soul and victory: the curious history of college football fight songs

Fight songs are an important part of the pageantry that makes college football such a unique spectacle. The most famous of them all have become embedded in the national psyche

Reason

Alabama Set To Try New, Untested Execution Method

The state has filed a motion to set an execution date for Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived a previous execution attempt.

Reason

Google Isn't Intentionally Biased Against Republicans, Says Court

Plus: The real message behind DeSantis' abortion anecdote, midwives sue over Alabama regulations, and more…

The Guardian - UK

‘Martin Luther King told me I wouldn’t see 50’: the long, momentous life of Clarence B Jones

Jones was 29 when he went to work for the civil rights leader. As King’s friend, adviser and speechwriter, he was at the heart of the attempt to reform the US. Six decades on, he remembers their battles and their triumphs

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