After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may ...

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

A month after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, voting rights advocates are ...

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.

Supreme Court Vacates Mississippi Redistricting Ruling, Sidestepping High-Stakes Voting Rights Act Dispute ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Voting Rights Act is a landmark law of the Civil Rights Era — a key part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy — and it's in big trouble. Again. A federal appeals court on Monday voted to ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s House of Delegates and Senate chambers devolved into floor fights and screaming matches before adjourning Monday night, largely due to a last-minute push to pass voting rights ...

Democratic New Jersey lawmakers advanced a voting rights bill in the state Senate on Thursday, marking the first hearing on ...

Louisiana Republicans erased a majority-Black congressional district.

The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 3-4 Wednesday against advancing a Democratic bill that would establish a “Louisiana Voting Rights Act.” The bill’s author, Sen. Royce Duplessis, ...