A landmark ruling against the state of Louisiana has upended one of the major sections of the Voting Rights Act ...

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 ...

Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was still making its way through a clogged and conflicted but committed ...

Expanding the court would carry risks, but the status quo carries a greater risk of damaging the court’s perceived legitimacy ...

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 ...

Ever since the recent decision of the Supreme Court limiting the use of race in drawing congressional districts, there has ...

In truth, Callais did something far more extreme: it rewrote the VRA, and in doing so, made vote-dilution claims impossible.

Supreme Court decision, which split along conservative and liberal lines, essentially nullified section 2 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in ...

For many Black Americans, the right to vote is sacred in a democracy, and when those entrusted to protect it undermine it, the betrayal cuts deeply.

Supreme Court told lower courts to revisit Native American voting cases after its ruling raised the bar for challenging maps.