Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” President Lyndon ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the scope of a key Voting Rights Act provision that restricts how states draw districts affecting minority voters, constraining states' use of race as a factor ...
A long-standing legal principle -- that judges should not make changes to voting or election rules too close to an election -- is prompting questions and criticism this election season.
After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may ...
Justice Clarence Thomas said Wednesday the Supreme Court should go further than its latest Voting Rights Act ruling, arguing the law’s key anti-discrimination provision was divisive and should never ...
After Callais, the old civil rights politics is moot. And more recent strategies have limited reach. Here’s how we can build ...
In a 6-3 decision Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district, ruling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling has significant implications ...
The Voting Rights Act is a landmark law of the Civil Rights Era — a key part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy — and it's in big trouble. Again. A federal appeals court on Monday voted to ...
Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Supreme Court doesn’t feature “purely political actors,” comments that come after a notable decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. “I think, ...
The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively neutralized a hugely significant piece of voting rights ...
In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s ...
Republican leaders across the South have redrawn congressional maps since the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, ...
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