That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...

"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...

The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...

WASHINGTON - The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday was overshadowed by a risk the Supreme Court is close ...

The court’s steady effort to make the law an artifact of the past is of a piece with its broad expansion of executive power ...

Experts warn that the Supreme Court could be poised to deliver a ruling that will functionally dismantle the Voting Rights ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Friday that it will assess the legality of a key component of a landmark federal voting ...

The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...