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I Enforced Voting Rights for the DOJ. The Supreme Court and Trump Have Teamed Up to Level Them.

The Supreme Court is set to hear a series of cases this year that could redefine the rules of political participation and reallocate power among the branches of our democracy. As a former attorney in ... Read More

Voting Rights Act faces a near-death experience at US Supreme Court

The conservative justices signaled they could undercut the law's Section 2, which bars voting maps that would result in diluting the voting power of minorities, even without direct proof of racist ... Read More

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century. Read More

Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act

The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines. Read More

Supreme Court appears ready to limit key part of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to limit how a key part of the Voting Rights Act long aimed at protecting equal opportunity for racial minority voters is applied to the drawing of state ... Read More

Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act

After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future. Read More