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The Alabama governor signed a ban on the funds that restrict ‘divisive’ concepts in schools
Alabama lawmakers gave final approval to a measure that would outlaw paid assistance with absentee ballot applications. The absentee voting bill would make it a misdemeanor to distribute a pre-filled absentee ballot application to a voter or return another voter’s completed application. It would become a felony to give, or receive, a payment or gift…
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The Alabama court ruled that embryos are children
US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert on Thursday called the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on artificial insemination “horrifying”. “I’ve never thought that I would be able to have a child through artificial insemination,” she added. Earlier this year, the Alabama Supreme Court had ruled that artificial insemination can be performed only if a doctor agrees…
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The judge in the New Mexico case ruled against Republicans
A US judge has ruled that Alabama’s congressional map violates a Supreme Court order by diluting the powers of black voters in the state. The judge also ruled that the state “failed to take any steps to implement the directions” handed to it by the Supreme Court. The court had ordered the state to comply…
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Alabama is trying to win a case at the Supreme Court
A three-judge panel has ordered the US’ Alabama state to redraw its congressional voting districts to help black people vote in elections. The panel said that it needs two of the state’s four congressional districts to be majority-black for it to comply with the order. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said that she had signed the…
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The Alabama court ruling on political power could affect maps in other states
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Voting Rights Act is not applicable to Alabama’s congressional district lines. However, the court added that it did not “disregard the concern that the case might impermissibly elevate race in allocation of political power within the States”. Alabama lawmakers will have to redraw congressional district lines…