In a pending case on Louisiana’s congressional map, the justices ordered briefing on whether it’s constitutional to ...

The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...

Barriers that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to eliminate have reappeared in modern forms as the country marks its 60th anniversary. The big picture: A backlash to the 2020 racial reckoning has ...

Khadidah Stone will never forget the day in 2023 she learned that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld voting rights in her home ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the scope of a Louisiana redistricting case that could weaken key provisions of the ...

Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh granted a stay, but fellow conservatives Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have denied the application ...

Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...

The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major ...

The Voting Rights Advancement Act builds on its predecessor’s successful prophylactic approach in four distinct ways. First, it enacts a new preclearance coverage formula based on current conditions, ...

Vazquez-Doles, however, dismissed the case and struck down New York's voting rights act, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling against race-based affirmative action.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the contents of the 14th and 15th Amendments.