December 20, 2023
Organizations challenging recently redrawn political districts in Georgia told a federal judge Wednesday that the new maps, created after the judge held that earlier versions illegally diluted Black citizens' voting power, still deny Black voters the chance to elect their preferred candidates.
November 02, 2023
Two suits challenging the constitutionality of Georgia's new district maps were set to go to trial later this month, but that proceeding is now on hold indefinitely after the maps were declared unfair to Black voters in another case and the legislature was ordered to redraw them by December.
October 27, 2023
A panel of federal judges delivered the reasoning behind their decision to send to trial two suits challenging the constitutionality of Georgia's recent legislative redistricting, saying civil and voting rights groups offered enough backing for their claims that race was a deciding factor in the new maps.
October 18, 2023
Georgia officials lost their bid to claim victory in a pair of suits alleging recent Peach State voting maps are racially gerrymandered, and a panel of federal judges have told opposing sides in the challenge to prepare for a trial.
October 05, 2023
A Georgia federal judge overseeing multiple lawsuits alleging the state's redrawn voting maps are racially gerrymandered has asked the federal government if it wants to join the case after Peach State officials questioned the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act.
June 09, 2023
Georgia attorneys representing voters in suits over newly drawn legislative maps celebrated after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in an Alabama case, telling Law360 they believe the ruling eases the burden on voters to prove the government had racially motivated reasons for redrawing the lines.
May 30, 2023
A three-judge panel questioned Tuesday whether two consolidated redistricting cases against Georgia and its top officials should proceed to trial, suggesting some of the defense arguments in support of ending the cases would make great cross-examination.