Alabama: Federal court strikes down congressional map after legislature snubbed Supreme Court

Alabama: Federal court strikes down congressional map after legislature snubbed Supreme Court

CNN  —  A federal court blocked a newly drawn Alabama congressional map on Tuesday because it didn’t create a second majority-Black district as the Supreme Court had ordered earlier this year. In a unanimous decision from a three-judge panel, which had overseen the case before it reached the Supreme Court, the judges wrote that they … Read more

GOP donor Harlan Crow paid for flights

GOP donor Harlan Crow paid for flights

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in a financial disclosure said that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for his travel expenses and meals on at least three occasions last year. Thomas has come under intense scrutiny following reports about years of previously undisclosed luxury trips that he accepted from Crow, a real estate billionaire. Supreme Court … Read more