The fate of the Voting Rights Act, at issue in Louisiana v. Callais, might depend on a devastating decision from six years ago. In 2019, in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court refused to ...
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington In ...
While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide. By Nick Corasaniti The Voting Rights Act grew out of civil ...
WASHINGTON — The conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to again undermining the Voting Rights Act in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana. The justices, who ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The conservatives are ready to wind the clock back to 1982, if not earlier. At issue ...
The US Supreme Court is considering a major redistricting case out of Louisiana that could have far-reaching effects on the Voting Rights Act and the future of congressional representation in the ...
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to ...
Since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, African Americans have been allowed to vote in elections for the past 60 years. After an oral argument in the Supreme Court that’s disputing a ...
The Supreme Court, urged on by well-funded far-right ideologues like Stephen Miller, is set to curtail important provisions of the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to aggressive, racially based ...
The longstanding Voting Rights Act cure for discriminatory maps will be tested in a Louisiana case to be argued on Wednesday. The controversy was originally heard last March, but the justices could ...
In June 2021, two-time school board candidate Virginia Elizondo filed a lawsuit alleging that Spring Branch ISD was violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now, more than four years later, the ruling ...