A federal court blocks Alabama's 2023 congressional map for intentional racial discrimination, ordering the state to use a court-drawn map with two majority-Black districts for upcoming elections. The ruling follows a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court has allowed Alabama to use a new congressional map with only one majority-Black district, sending the case back to a lower court amid ongoing voting rights litigation. The decision follows a recent ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act.
Tennessee's Republican legislature approves a new congressional map that splits the state's majority-Black district in Memphis, a move expected to favor Republicans in the 2024 midterms. The redistricting follows a Supreme Court ruling limiting racial gerrymandering protections.
Following a Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee and Alabama governors call special sessions to redraw congressional maps. Other Southern states consider similar moves ahead of upcoming primaries.
A federal appeals court has blocked the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide, requiring in-person dispensing and limiting access through telehealth. The ruling supports Louisiana's abortion restrictions and challenges FDA regulations established during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Louisiana suspends its May 16 U.S. House primaries after the Supreme Court invalidates the state's congressional map for racial gerrymandering. Other races, including Senate primaries, will proceed as scheduled.
President Donald Trump is set to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on his executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporarily present immigrants, marking the first time a sitting president has personally attended such a session. The case challenges the longstanding interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, which has historically granted citizenship to nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents' status. With a conservative majority on the Court, including three Trump appointees, a ruling expected by July could significantly impact immigration law and constitutional citizenship rights.
The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from the city of Ocala, Florida, concerning a prayer vigil held in response to a local shooting spree. The vigil was challenged by individuals who argued it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from the decision, suggesting the court should take up a similar case in the future. The case highlights the difficulty of determining when a government action crosses the line into unconstitutional territory, and leaves the door open for similar cases to be heard in the future.