The Supreme Court held that Alabama’s congressional map likely violated §2 of the Voting Rights
Act and ordered a remedy adding a second majority-Black district. The ruling preserved the
Thornburg v. Gingles framework for vote-dilution claims, affecting redistricting nationally.
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The Justice Department indicted Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman on federal bribery charges in what experts consider a politically motivated prosecution orchestrated by Karl Rove. Republican whistleblower Jill Simpson testified under oath that Rove directed the targeting of Siegelman, …
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The Alabama Constitutional Convention adopted a new state constitution explicitly designed to eliminate Black voting while maintaining white political supremacy through facially neutral provisions. Convention president John Knox declared in his opening address that the convention’s purpose was …
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