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2 Jul 2020, 6:31 am by JB
Alabama, a unanimous 1883 decision of the Supreme Court. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Sims (377 U.S. 533), which forced the Alabama legislature to create districts that were equal in population, giving black voters a better chance to elect candidates. [read post]
25 Jan 2014, 1:53 pm by Will Baude
  Because at oral argument in Shelby County — a county in the state of Alabama — Justice Kagan said the following: But think about this State that you’re representing, it’s about a quarter black, but Alabama has no black statewide elected officials. [read post]
19 Jun 2023, 1:00 am by CAFE
In Milligan, she represented a group of Black voters from Alabama whose rights were found to be violated under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which holds that the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged ... on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 11:08 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
District Court for the Southern District of Alabama recently dismissed the EEOC’s claim that an employer’s policy prohibiting employees from wearing dreadlocks violated Title VII – the case of EEOC v. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 6:15 pm by carie
Then, both sides can ask questions and take turns dismissing jurors using what are called peremptory strikes (the number of strikes varies by state, but it is often enough for one side to eliminate all qualified minorities).In a 1986 case, Batson v. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 2:20 pm by Alex Vitrak
Although blacks are over a quarter of the state’s population, because of continuing racially polarized voting, Alabama has no black statewide elected officials, and nearly all black officials are elected from majority black districts. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 7:45 pm by cdw
Since the last edition, innumerable Alabama decisions, mostly wins. [read post]
7 Apr 2013, 3:55 pm by royblack
The Supreme Court again reversed the defendants’ convictions in Norris v Alabama. [read post]