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Following another hearing on the case, the federal panel issued an opinion on October 5, 2023, ordering Alabama to implement the congressional map known as Remedial Plan 3, as drawn by the special master. Secretary of State of Alabama Wes Allen said his office would implement the new map for the 2024 elections. In Remedial Plan 3, Alabama's 2nd ...
Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023), [ note 1 ] is a United States Supreme Court case related to redistricting under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The appellees and respondents argued that Alabama's congressional districts discriminated against African-American voters. The Court ruled 5–4 that Alabama's districts likely violated the ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF, the Legal Defense Fund, or LDF) is an American civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City. LDF is wholly independent and separate from the NAACP. [ 1 ] Although LDF can trace its origins to the legal department of the NAACP created by Charles Hamilton Houston in ...
Dec. 19—Editor's Note: The Cullman Times is counting down the top stories of 2023. Here's No. 9. Thanks to statewide reform in sentencing for most Alabama inmates this year, Cullman County found ...
After decades of court proceedings, in 2020, the Superior Court overseeing the case ordered the state to draw up and fund a remedial plan, now estimated to cost $6 billion over eight years.
The panel approved the state House map redrawn by Michigan's redistricting commission in a court-ordered remedial mapping process that included a public hearing process to solicit feedback on the ...
Guam v. United States, No. 20-382, 593 U.S. ___ (2021) Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). [ 1 ] The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aimed to reducing poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by rigorous, scientific evidence. [1][2] J-PAL funds, provides technical support to, and disseminates the results of randomized controlled trials ...