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SHOCKING: Milligan | Mind Blowing Facts

Waylay Callais!

Some preliminary thoughts.

Reason

Voting Rights Act on the line: key takeaways from supreme court hearing

Majority of US justices appear sympathetic to weakening key civil rights law in Callais v Louisiana case

The Guardian - US

Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives' Military Judgment

Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin of the Brennan Center make the case against judicial deference to Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

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Man fined thousands after failing to take down extension for 15 years

Warren Benton who currently lives in the extension

The Independent UK

Tom Holland says ‘animosity’ on 2023 project made him consider breaking sobriety

‘It was not a very harmonious place,’ Spider-Man actor recalled

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to hear arguments in key case about gerrymandering

A South Carolina case about gerrymandering – the drawing of legislative district lines to maximize political power – that could affect voting rights around the country will be one of the cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during its upcoming 2023-2024 term.

The Conversation

Alabama redistricting plaintiffs formally object to state’s newly enacted congressional map

The plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan filed a formal objection on July 28 with United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama regarding the state’s revised congressional district boundaries. The plaintiffs requested that the court prohibit the state from using the new boundaries and appoint a special master to draw…

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Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters

In its 5-4 Allen v. Milligan decision on June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state of Alabama to redraw its congressional voting districts and consider race as it made up the new districts. The court had found that the state’s political districts diluted the strength of Black…

The Conversation

Civil rights groups blast Alabama GOP for defying Supreme Court order for second Black congressional district

Republican lawmakers refuse to draw a second majority-Black congressional district despite a ruling from the nation’s highest court

The Independent UK

Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court shrugged off partisan criticism this term and again delivered conservative decisions in major cases about race and religious rights, but the justices declined a chance to do the same in some key election cases that could end up benefiting Democrats.

Tribune News Service

Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak - Roll Call

The Supreme Court shrugged off partisan criticism this term and delivered conservative decisions in major cases on race and religious rights.

Roll Call

Roberts the Creditor, Roberts the Debtor

Kavanaugh the follower.

Reason

Does the Supreme Court Strategically Time The Handdown Of Decisions?

Are the biggest cases staggered in June to take advantage of newscycles?

Reason

North Carolina voting rights ‘still in five-alarm fire’ despite supreme court ruling

Republicans failed to defend a fringe legal theory, but they are already pushing through new state election legislation

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The supreme court backed voting rights this term – is it enough to protect the 2024 election?

One ruling will help Black voters gain representation, while another protects the popular vote at the state level

The Guardian - US

A conservative overhaul of public life: what the supreme court’s term means for the US

Despite early moderate rulings, this term will be remembered for booming decisions on race, LGBTQ+ rights and student debt

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U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay on district court ruling that overturned Louisiana’s congressional boundaries

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s (R) appeal on June 26 of a federal district court ruling that held that Louisiana’s congressional district map should include an additional majority-minority district. The Supreme Court also lifted its 2022 stay of the federal court’s decision and allowed…

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Ballotpedia identifies 17 noteworthy Supreme Court cases regarding redistricting from 1946 to 2023

Ballotpedia has identified 17 noteworthy redistricting cases that the Supreme Court has heard since 1946, with the most recent one being Allen v. Milligan. In a 5-4 decision on June 8, SCOTUS affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama that the state’s…

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The Guardian - US

Louisiana may gain new majority-Black district after supreme court order

The court lifted a pause on a lawsuit claiming that the state’s current congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

‘Old battles have become new again’: Terri Sewell on the effect of the Shelby county decision

The Democratic congresswoman from Alabama talks voter suppression and her hopes for the Voting Rights Advancement Act

Salon

Voting maps in South may be redrawn

As many as five House seats could flip in 2024 after the Allen v. Milligan ruling

Zenger

U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Alabama’s Congressional Maps In Allen V. Milligan Decision

The United States Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plans violated the Voting Rights Act.

Reason

Roberts Waves the White Flag of Textualism in Allen v. Milligan

Justice Scalia would be rolling over in his grave.

The Guardian - US

Turning point or the long game: what’s behind John Roberts’s surprise supreme court voting rights ruling?

Chief justice’s opinion shocked observers of his 40-year assault on the Voting Rights Act, but it may not mean a change of heart

Reason

Justice Thomas Had No Majority Opinion from October Sitting, But Still Wrote More Than Any Other Justice

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson may speak the most at oral argument, but Justice Thomas is writing more pages.

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