John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Petitioners v. Marcus Caster, et al.

  1. June 08, 2023

    Justices Say Ala. Congressional Map Violates Voting Rights

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that Alabama redistricting maps violate the Voting Rights Act because they were drawn in a way that diluted the voting power of Black residents.

  2. October 04, 2022

    Justice Jackson's Originalist Case For Voting Rights Act

    The Supreme Court was ablaze with debate Tuesday morning over whether the Voting Rights Act allows judges to consider race to remedy unequal representation, with newly confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson making an impassioned "originalist" case that the Reconstruction Amendments did not mandate "race-blind" laws.

  3. September 30, 2022

    The 5 Biggest Cases This Supreme Court Term

    The reversal of constitutional abortion protections last term has court watchers wondering: Is affirmative action next? But the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are far from the only blockbusters on the docket in what is likely to be another landslide term for conservatives. Here, Law360 breaks down five cases to watch. 

  4. September 29, 2022

    Ala. Electoral Map A 'Textbook' Violation of VRA, Holder Says

    Alabama's new congressional map is a "textbook" example of racial discrimination barred by the Voting Rights Act, former Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday, days before the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that has piqued the interest of everyone from tribal advocates to the American Bar Association.

  5. August 25, 2022

    New Map Doesn't Violate Black Voters' Rights, Ala. Says

    Alabama election officials fired back against several groups, including the state's NAACP chapter, that say its new congressional map is racially discriminatory, arguing that federal law does not require two of their seven electoral districts to be majority-Black.

  6. July 21, 2022

    NCAI Tells Justices That Race Rightly Has Role In Voting Suit

    The National Congress of American Indians has told the U.S. Supreme Court that racial discrimination against Native Americans is still very much alive and that consideration of race is necessary in establishing districts that comply with the Voting Rights Act.