The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is ...

On Monday, as part of “Closer Look’s” week-long special programming examining implications of the Voting Rights Act, host ...

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

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, ...

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

A celebration has been scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 6, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.

Senators Wyden and Merkley join efforts to reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, aiming to restore and ...

Reading the tea leaves from cryptic Supreme Court orders can be perilous business because the justices are not bound by the questions they ask at oral argument, the offhand comments they … Continue re ...

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act making its way through Congress would eliminate voter suppression, including obstacles to voter registration, reduced polling places and hours, ...

In Alabama and Louisiana — two states that would have had to have their maps precleared under the old version of the Voting Rights Act — legal challenges arguing gerrymandering led to under ...