Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
Read full article: Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decadesThe Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government.
The Black Caucus is the 'conscience of Congress.' Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit
Read full article: The Black Caucus is the 'conscience of Congress.' Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hitBlack members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representation.
Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act and aids GOP efforts to control the House
Read full article: Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act and aids GOP efforts to control the HouseThe Supreme Court has weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere.
After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise
Read full article: After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation riseBlack lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political representation following oral arguments in a Supreme Court case.
Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights Act
Read full article: Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights ActSection 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices.
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
Read full article: Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights ActThe Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century.
Black residents worry new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court case
Read full article: Black residents worry new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court caseBlack residents in a newly created Louisiana congressional district fear they could lose their representation under a case being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court doesn't rule on Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district
Read full article: Supreme Court doesn't rule on Louisiana's second majority Black congressional districtThe Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.
Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats
Read full article: Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seatsThe Supreme Court seems closely divided over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district.
Mom demands answers in Black man's deadly Louisiana arrest
Read full article: Mom demands answers in Black man's deadly Louisiana arrestRonald Greene’s mother chastised Louisiana state lawmakers Monday for not acting quickly enough to hold state troopers accountable for her son’s deadly 2019 arrest, saying the Black motorist’s death at the end of a high-speed chase was a “murder” that's been covered up, sugarcoated and mired in bureaucracy.
