The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect ...

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 ...

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 a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are ...

After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court finally handed down its decision in the voting rights case Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, the Court ruled ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dealt a death blow to the country’s most important ...

Supreme Court Updates: Justices Further Weaken Voting Rights Act, Igniting Political Scramble The court’s conservative majority said it had upheld the landmark law, as liberal justices accused the ...

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After months of anticipation, the Supreme Court finally handed down its decision in the voting-rights case Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, the Court ruled ...