Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on April 29 at 9:58 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, in the case of Louisiana v. Callais, struck down a Louisiana ...

Callais is the culmination of decades of its rulings limiting the Voting Rights Act. No one, including the court’s majority, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters in the first round of the mayoral election were all wearing the same beige smocks.

President Lyndon B. Johnson marked the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 along with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday kicked yet another leg out from under the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that Chief Justice John Roberts’ court has repeatedly undermined over the ...

Reducing the power of voters of color hurts Democrats and helps Republicans.

FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2026. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday undermined a ...

The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how ...

A looming Supreme Court decision on a critical provision of the Voting Rights Act could shift the long-term balance of power in the House toward Republicans. But how significantly it could affect this ...

The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. By Audra D. S. Burch and Emily Cochrane ...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act - making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially ...