The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supreme Court’s conservative justices have indicated that they are set to strike down a portion of the Voting Rights Act of ...

The Supreme Court appears poised to gut the 1965 Voting Rights Act, said Ed Kilgore in New York, and that ruling could shatter the partisan balance in the House for years to come. During oral ...

After an impassioned set of arguments Wednesday over the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the question is whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh is willing to completely dismantle a law intended to ensure equal ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Oct.15 in a blockbuster case over whether states can consider race in redistricting. The battle over Louisiana’s congressional map has brought the court to the ...

Last month, one of the most consequential cases before the Supreme Court began. Six white Justices, two Black and one Latina took the bench for arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. Addressing a core ...

If the U. S. Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act after hearing oral arguments on Wednesday, it will surely devastate minority voting rights. But it also will shatter ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed headed for another ruling that undercuts the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Once considered the jewel in the crown of the civil rights movement, the Voting ...