When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court return to the bench Oct. 6, they will hear cases impacting core constitutional issues, including equal protection, free speech and voting rights, that will ...

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is gutted, states will have freedom to draw maps that dilute the power of communities ...

This year, by happenstance, Constitution Day and National Voter Registration Day were both celebrated this past Tuesday. Both days focus on the core principles that are essential to being an American.

When Press Robinson filed a lawsuit under the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1974, he won a settlement that put him on a path to becoming the first elected Black member of the school board in East ...

The Supreme Court in 2013 nullified a different Voting Rights Act section that had required many states and cities to get federal preclearance before changing election maps or rules. In 2021, the ...

The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate across the country.

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority signaled deep skepticism Wednesday over the creation of a second majority Black district in Louisiana and appeared open to at least weakening the ...

Washington — Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared open Wednesday to raising the bar for successfully challenging voting maps under a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a ...

WASHINGTON — The way Louisiana’s Republican leaders put it, the pervasive racial discrimination in elections that led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is all in the past. That is why they ...