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 ...

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 ...

The landmark 1965 law, a product of the civil rights movement, faces an unprecedented erosion that could reduce the political representation of African American and Latino communities ...

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’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais weakened Voting Rights Act protections in redistricting, opening the ...

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.

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

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end ...

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 ...