Supreme Court seems likely to limit race-based electoral districts under Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court seemed likely to limit race-based electoral districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act after ...

'Birth certificate of multiracial democracy': NAACP attorney makes case to save Voting Rights Act

Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, argued her first case in front of the Supreme ...

Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act

After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to ...

After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

If the Voting Rights Act Falls

The Supreme Court appears ready to hobble the landmark civil-rights law. What does that mean for Black voters, democracy, and ...

Justices Seemed Open to Further Limiting the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court appeared poised today to weaken a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by limiting the ability of ...

Rally outside Supreme Court as justices debate centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement

The Supreme Court appears inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts ...