Three Georgia redistricting lawsuits will go to trial in September
Daily Docket — Monday, July 17
Here are some updates from today.
* Alabama lawmakers advanced ([link removed]) a new congressional map out of committee that does not include a second majority-Black district as the U.S. Supreme Court required in its decision in Allen v. Milligan. Alabama has until Friday to enact a new map, and a federal district court will review the map to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
* Three ([link removed]) lawsuits ([link removed]) challenging ([link removed]) Georgia's congressional and legislative maps will head to trial on Sept. 5. In all of the cases, voters argue that the Republican-drawn districts dilute the power of Black voters and violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
* In lawsuits over Louisiana's congressional map, a federal court set ([link removed]) the hearing for Oct. 3-5. The scheduling order allows Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to contain a second majority-Black district as the state was previously ordered to do.
* Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R-Ohio) announced ([link removed]) his run for U.S. Senate. LaRose has grown increasingly extreme in his anti-democracy rhetoric and actions and has a pattern of flip-flopping on issues of grave concern to voters. Read more about his record on voting here ([link removed]) .
* An Arizona judge rejected ([link removed]) Republican Abe Hamadeh's request for a second trial in his lawsuit contesting his loss in the 2022 attorney general race. Hamadeh's contest was first dismissed following the trial in December.
* House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said ([link removed]) that he supports ending the blue slips ([link removed]) process in the Senate, which allows senators to approve or reject federal judicial nominees in their home states.
Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow.
* At 5 p.m. EDT, there will be oral argument in an appeal of a state-level lawsuit ([link removed]) challenging Cochise County, Arizona’s attempts to hand count mail-in ballots during the 2022 midterm elections.
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