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Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
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Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to.
Redistricting battle intensifies in states after US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act
Six decades ago, the Voting Rights Act became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court knocked out a major pillar of the law that had protected against racial discrimination in voting and representation. Former Mississippi State Rep. Edward Blackmon Jr. and his.