In what may prove to be the most consequential redistricting case to come before the Supreme Court, Louisiana is urging the court to gut the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and ...

As the 2026 elections near, election officials, lawmakers and advocacy groups await the ruling, which could determine not ...

Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced Alabama and later ...

The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Section 2 of the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear reargument Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, which some commentators say could spell major trouble for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Welcome to Supreme Court ...

The pending Supreme Court decision threatens to gut section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and minority representation nationwide ...

Otis Wilson had enough with talking and decided to go to court. His Louisiana town of St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge, had long elected alderpersons as at-large representatives for a single, ...

On Oct. 15, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the 2025-26 term, Louisiana v. Callais, with major implications for the Voting Rights Act, racial ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson moves to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. while others look on after Johnson signed the federal Voting Rights Act into law at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., ...