The Supreme Court is set to hear a series of cases this year that could redefine the rules of political participation and ...

Maryland joined 22 other jurisdictions urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up, and reverse, a ruling that would prohibit ...

While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

With partisan advantage, clashing perceptions of reality and revolutionary readings of the Constitution all in play, the ...

In most Voting Rights Acts cases, minority voters are suing their state leaders, not on their side. But for awhile, a cadre ...

The Pelican State faces legal scrutiny over whether enough of its congressional districts have a majority of black voters.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ...

Black South Carolinians voted in 1948 for the first time since Reconstruction. This successful crusade, like many others, helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Credit - North Carolina Central ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge to the congressional ...

The Supreme Court reconvenes on Monday and has oral arguments scheduled for cases ranging from voting rights to redistricting ...

In 1964, the decades of activism led to the landmark Civil Rights Act. The law included a voting provision, but it did not eliminate the “qualifications” that Southern states used to bar Black voters.