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Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights

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The Supreme Court's latest move could put your right to vote at risk
The Supreme Court has been whittling away the Voting Rights Act's legal protections for years. Now it's poised to reconsider one of the Act's core assumptions.
Opinion
Trump 2.0 and the Supreme Court’s war on the Voting Rights Act
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 for Donald Trump.
Supreme Court orders new arguments in pivotal elections case
Louisiana's congressional map creating second majority-Black district faces Supreme Court review for potential illegal racial gerrymandering ahead of 2026 midterms.
Opinion
The Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them
That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The Republican-appointed justices have decided it is time to fully destroy the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Opinion
Supreme Court sets the stage for latest gutting of voting rights
The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is willing to use its power to move the law in the majority’s preferred direction. The justices exercise this power not only in how they answer the legal questions before them but,
Supreme Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case
Congressional seats are now back in the forefront of many people's minds as more states push to alter existing maps.
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Supreme Court wants to hear if Louisiana second Black congressional district is constitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court wants to know if, by creating a second Black majority congressional district, Louisiana violated the U ...
Supreme Court tees up Louisiana redistricting case that could undercut Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...
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Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case
Updated on Aug. 1 at 9:03 pm. The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon instructed the parties in a Louisiana redistricting ...
The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term
Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.
The Supreme Court just revealed its plan to make gerrymandering even worse
Most notably, in Rucho v. Common Cause (2019), the Republican justices held that federal courts may not hear suits ...
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How we got here: Louisiana’s redistricting case puts the Voting Rights Act on trial
Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Supreme Court tees up Louisiana case on constitutionality of racial redistricting
In June, the Supreme Court ordered further arguments for the next term over the Louisiana congressional map that created a ...
SCOTUS order in Louisiana case could affect Alabama redistricting battle
The U.S. Supreme Court’s request to the parties in a Louisiana redistricting case could affect Alabama’s similar, long-running battle over congressional boundaries. In an order issued Friday, the ...