Voting Rights Act Faces a Near-Death Experience at US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil ...

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

The US Supreme Court, hearing arguments Wednesday over a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, appeared inclined to limit ...

Will Supreme Court Gut Voting Rights Act & Weaken Electoral Power of Black Americans?

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, threatening the equal representation ...
News Tribune

Supreme Court seems inclined to gut key tool of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

What the justices signaled in a Supreme Court case that could reshape electoral maps

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it could upend a central pillar of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The ...

US Supreme Court Conservatives Appear Willing to Blunt Key Voting Rights Act Provision

The Supreme Court has rolled back protections under the Voting Rights Act. Its 2013 ruling in a case involving Alabama's ...

Supreme Court hears arguments on pivotal Louisiana redistricting case

The Supreme Court is reviewing a case involving Louisiana's congressional map and its implications for racial gerrymandering.

Supreme Court conservatives appear open to weakening Voting Rights Act in Louisiana congressional map case

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Louisiana's intentional creation of a second majority-Black district violates ...

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 ...

Could a Supreme Court Ruling on Election Maps Affect the Midterms? Timing Matters.

A prohibition on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could allow states to redraw legislative lines before voting ...

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...