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Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...
The Supreme Court blocked an appeals court ruling that would gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in a case brought ...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh granted a stay, but fellow conservatives Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have denied the application ...
"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...
The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.
The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.
Since taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that forced businesses, schools, universities ...
Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, Black Americans are facing ...
(CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state ...
July 17 marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of Rep. John Lewis. To honor this legend of the Civil Rights movement, ...
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that would have weakened the Voting Rights Act on Thursday, granting Native American groups that brought the suit a temporary win. Why it matters: If ...
The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump ...