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Friday, May 29 — Three days until Justice Clarence Thomas's plaintiff-response deadline at 4 p.m
Three days until Justice Clarence Thomas's plaintiff-response deadline at 4 p.m. Monday. Twelve days into the closure of the Tuskegee dialysis center. Seventy-two days since the congressman's office last said a word about that closure. The …
Read the brief →Thursday, May 28 — Alabama’s emergency appeal landed with U.S
The August calendar in District 2 now sits on the desk of one man. Alabama’s emergency appeal landed with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the Circuit Justice for the Eleventh Circuit — and on Wednesday he declined to hand the st…
Read the brief →Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The work to take back District 2 from Shomari Figures does not depend on which lines the map ends up drawn between. It depends on the record — the dialysis center that has been closed for 10 days without a word from the office that represen…
Read the brief →Tuesday, May 26 — 9 days of an empty dialysis center in Tuskegee
The holiday is over. The Memorial Day weekend that the office of the District 2 congressman spent in silence has ended. Today is the day the news cycle picks back up — and the day the people who live in this district begin counting what doe…
Read the brief →Monday, May 25 — The Tuskegee dialysis center has now been closed for eight days
78 days to the August 11 special primary • 162 days to Election Day Memorial Day. The day this country sets aside to honor the people who answered their country's call. The Tuskegee dialysis center has now been closed for eight days. Sixty-…
Read the brief →Sunday, May 24 — Seven days a chair sat empty in Macon County
79 days to the August 11 special primary • 163 days to Election Day One full week. That is how long it has been since the Tuskegee dialysis center shut its doors. Seven days a chair sat empty in Macon County. Seven days roughly fifty patien…
Read the brief →Saturday, May 23 — The qualifying window closed last night at 5:00 PM Central
The qualifying window closed last night at 5:00 PM Central. The Republican field for District 2 is set, and it is bigger than it looked yesterday morning. Six Republicans are on the August 11 ballot: Hampton Harris, Christian Horn, Rhett Ma…
Read the brief →Friday, May 22 — By sundown the Republican field is locked
81 days to the August 11 special primary • 165 days to Election Day Today at 5:00 PM Central, qualifying for the August 11 special primary closes. By sundown the Republican field is locked. The Alabama Republican Party's special-primary lis…
Read the brief →Thursday, May 21 — Hampton Harris filed when this district was still the long road
82 days to the August 11 special primary • 166 days to Election Day Qualifying for the August 11 special primary closes tomorrow at 5:00 PM Central. Republican voters in District 2 will know who is on their ballot at sundown Friday. Hampton…
Read the brief →Tuesday, May 19 — Alabama Republicans choose the candidate who runs against the Court‑Appointed Incumbent in November
Election Day. Alabama Republicans choose the candidate who runs against the Court‑Appointed Incumbent in November. Hampton Harris is unopposed in the regular‑cycle Republican primary; he becomes the nominee tonight. Tomorrow the qualifying …
Read the brief →Monday, May 18 — The Court-Appointed Incumbent did not show up
Yesterday the dialysis center closed. The Court-Appointed Incumbent did not show up. As of this morning he still has not. The deadline he negotiated in March arrived; no successor operator has been named; no federal answer has been produced…
Read the brief →Sunday, May 17 — The only dialysis center in Macon County shuts its doors for good
Today is closure day. The only dialysis center in Macon County shuts its doors for good. Sixty days ago, the Court-Appointed Incumbent issued his last public word on this closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: n…
Read the brief →Saturday, May 16 — Tomorrow, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes for good
Tomorrow, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes for good. Fifty-nine days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No new …
Read the brief →Friday, May 15 — Two days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes
Two days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes. Fifty-eight days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No n…
Read the brief →Thursday, May 14 — Three days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes
Three days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes. Fifty-seven days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No…
Read the brief →Wednesday, May 13 — The Republican field is fighting itself
Two days after the Supreme Court erased the courtroom that made him, Shomari Figures is no longer the only candidate in District 2 with an opponent problem. The Republican field is fighting itself. Last night at 9:58 PM, Joshua McKee announ…
Read the brief →Tuesday, May 12 — Four days later — yesterday afternoon — the Supreme Court lifted it
On Thursday, Shomari Figures stood in front of a hundred people in Montgomery and told them the United States Supreme Court would not lift the injunction on Alabama's congressional map before 2030. Four days later — yesterday afternoon — th…
Read the brief →Monday, May 11 — Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-four days
Six days from today the only kidney dialysis center in Macon County closes its doors. Fifty people in District 2 lose the place they go to stay alive three times a week. Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-four days. Last …
Read the brief →Sunday, May 10 — Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-three days
This week the Congressman who represents District 2 came to Montgomery for a town hall about redistricting. He stood on a stage in the heart of the district he was elected to serve and used the platform to talk about his seat. Seven days fr…
Read the brief →Saturday, May 9 — This was the week the redistricting fight stopped being theoretical
This was the week the redistricting fight stopped being theoretical. The Legislature passed and Governor Ivey signed the contingency framework. Attorney General Marshall took the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday afternoon. By …
Read the brief →Friday, May 8 — The Alabama Legislature passed both redistricting bills Wednesday
The Alabama Legislature passed both redistricting bills Wednesday. The Tuskegee dialysis center closes in nine days. The May 19 statewide primary is eleven days away.
Read the brief →Thursday, May 7 — The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in TEN DAYS
The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in TEN DAYS. Fifty patients in Macon County will lose their only in-county source of life-sustaining treatment on Saturday, May 17. There is no announced replacement provider. There is no announced ext…
Read the brief →Wednesday, May 6 — The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in eleven days
The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in eleven days. Fifty patients in Macon County will lose their only in-county source of life-sustaining treatment. The two-week delay Congressman Figures secured in mid-April ends Saturday, May 17. The…
Read the brief →Tuesday, May 5 — The 2023 congressional map is part of the same legal frame
The Alabama Legislature is in Day 2 of a special session at the State Capitol on redistricting. The Attorney General filed an emergency motion at the Eleventh Circuit yesterday afternoon asking the court to vacate the injunctions blocking t…
Read the brief →Monday, May 4 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 13 days out (May 17), no replacement provider announced
Alabama Legislature special session opens at the Capitol today at 4:00 PM CT — directly aimed at AL-02 boundary lines and special primary procedures. Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 13 days out (May 17), no replacement provider announce…
Read the brief →Sunday, May 3 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 14 days out (May 17)
Ivey calls Alabama Legislature special session opening Monday May 4 at 4:00 PM CT on a redistricting contingency map and special primary procedures — directly affecting AL-02. AG Marshall filed emergency motions Thursday in three federal ca…
Read the brief →Saturday, May 2 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is 15 days out
Governor Ivey called the Alabama Legislature into special session for Monday May 4 at 4:00 p.m. to draw a contingency congressional map after this week's Supreme Court ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act. The lines that define Alabama's …
Read the brief →Friday, May 1 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is now 16 days away
Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is now 16 days away. Yesterday Rep. Figures introduced the Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act with Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-06), the second bipartisan rollout this week. The Iran-energy news cycle con…
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