The South Alabamian News Podcast
The South Alabamian Newspaper provides local news for Jackson, Alabama.
The South Alabamian News Podcast
Voting law ruling could shift congressional power
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There is no question the U.S. Supreme Court is in the process of dismantling the 1965 Voting Rights There is no question the U.S. Supreme Court is in the process of dismantling the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has allowed federal courts to dictate, direct and draw gerrymandered Democratic districts throughout the South for the past 60 years. There is also no question that the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act were necessary remedies to secure equal rights for all American citizens. The Voting Rights Act was the most necessary. As late as 1960, Black citizens in...