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The conservative court has subjected the law to death by a thousand cuts over the years — and now is poised to kill it ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to rehear a redistricting case that will have implications on the Voting Rights Act when ...
That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...
Provisions in the Voting Rights Act were set to expire initially after five years but were later renewed a total of five ...
The court’s steady effort to make the law an artifact of the past is of a piece with its broad expansion of executive power ...
WASHINGTON - The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday was overshadowed by a risk the Supreme Court is close ...
The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...
Experts warn that the Supreme Court could be poised to deliver a ruling that will functionally dismantle the Voting Rights ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Friday that it will assess the legality of a key component of a landmark federal voting ...