In a pending case on Louisiana’s congressional map, the justices ordered briefing on whether it’s constitutional to ...

The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the scope of a Louisiana redistricting case that could weaken key provisions of the ...

Khadidah Stone will never forget the day in 2023 she learned that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld voting rights in her home ...

Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...

Barriers that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to eliminate have reappeared in modern forms as the country marks its 60th anniversary. The big picture: A backlash to the 2020 racial reckoning has ...

The Voting Rights Act, originally signed into law in 1965, initially was seen as protection against blatant attempts by states, mostly in the South, to prevent Black voters from participating in ...

Vazquez-Doles, however, dismissed the case and struck down New York's voting rights act, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling against race-based affirmative action.

In 2007, however, three crucial sections of the Voting Rights Act will expire unless Congress votes to renew them. These include: A requirement that states with a documented history of discriminatory ...

The Voting Rights Advancement Act builds on its predecessor’s successful prophylactic approach in four distinct ways. First, it enacts a new preclearance coverage formula based on current conditions, ...

The most effective civil rights legislation in U.S. history has been upended by two recent Supreme Court decisions. States are moving to pass new voting restrictions nationwide.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the contents of the 14th and 15th Amendments.