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 ...

If the Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, it could usher in ...

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 Supreme Court’s conservative justices have indicated that they are set to strike down a portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The conservatives have expressed hostility to the portion of the ...

While the Voting Rights Act is widely considered one of the most effective civil rights laws in U.S. history, the exact scope of Section 2 lawsuits is difficult to quantify, largely because many ...

Republicans’ hopes that a Supreme Court redistricting ruling will boost them in 2026 are fading as election deadlines close in.

Alabama continues to stall the implementation of court decisions and limiting the political power of Black voters.

What is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? Section 2 is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices. For nearly 50 years, a companion part of the law, Section ...

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, ...