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Federal court chooses new Alabama congressional districts map after gerrymandering challenge

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A three-judge panel in Alabama chose a new congressional district map on Thursday in response to a lawsuit arguing that the Alabama legislature’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered. After this, the special master provided three remedial plans to replace the original, gerrymandered plan the court enjoined.

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Alabama executes Kenneth Smith by nitrogen gas after US Supreme Court rejects final appeal

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Alabama inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia after the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision , declined to intervene in the state’s second attempt to execute an inmate who had previously survived a botched lethal injection.

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Alabama governor signs bill aimed at protecting IVF following state supreme court ruling that embryos are children

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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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US Supreme Court and federal appeals court refuse to stay Alabama nitrogen hypoxia execution

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The US Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Wednesday refused Kenneth Smith’s application for a stay of his execution by nitrogen hypoxia. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. The Alabama ACLU said that the Alabama Department of Corrections is not subject to regulation or oversight.

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Alabama elections map appealed to the US Supreme Court over claims of ‘racial gerrymandering’

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A federal district court on Monday denied the Alabama Secretary of State’s emergency motion to allow Alabama to hold elections with congressional maps which have been called “racially gerrymandered.” In denying the emergency motion, the three judge panel found “there is no emergency.”

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Alabama inmate requests federal court to block scheduled nitrogen gas execution

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Alabama inmate Alan Eugene Miller on Friday requested the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama block his scheduled nitrogen gas execution, which would be the second of its kind in US history. Alabama law lets death row inmates choose the method of death either by lethal injection or by nitrogen gas.

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Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance

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The suit’s plaintiffs include several civil rights organizations, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Alabama-based advocacy groups. The post Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance appeared first on JURIST - News.

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