Voting Rights Act’s Impact Has Reached Far Outside the South

While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and ...

Democrats Could Lose These Districts if SCOTUS Curtails Voting Rights Act

These are the 19 Congressional Districts Demcrates could lose depeing on the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais ...

Supreme Court probes whether Black voting right protections discriminate against White people

The Supreme Court takes up a racially and politically charged case from Louisiana testing a landmark civil rights law aimed ...

A Voting Rights Act provision is at risk and a homecoming at a gay rodeo: Morning Rundown

A Voting Rights Act provision is at risk and a homecoming at a gay rodeo: Morning Rundown The Supreme Court hears arguments ...

Tracking Trump: The new war on drugs continues; a Voting Rights Act challenge; North Carolina starts redistricting; and more

Yesterday: The Republican leaders of North Carolina's legislature announced they will redraw congressional maps in an attempt ...
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An Adverse Ruling Against Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case Could Also Doom State Voting Rights Acts

I have written about the dangers of the Court killing off or significantly weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, via the surprise reargument in the Louisiana v. Callais case. If the Court ...