In part 1 of this post, we explained how Callais v. Louisiana extinguished vote-dilution claims under the Voting Rights Act ...

After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are ...

The 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 ...

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The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how fundamentally the justices altered the Voting Rights Act landscape. Even the ...

In truth, Callais did something far more extreme: it rewrote the VRA, and in doing so, made vote-dilution claims impossible.

We explain the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The Voting Rights Act was supposed to end discrimination against minority voters. Did it work?

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The SAVE Act, a bill that would dramatically overhaul elections nationwide and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters, was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The legislation ...

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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has further crippled the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while moving it a significant step ...