In a historic win for voting rights, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Black voters who challenged Alabama’s 2021-enacted congressional map for violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for diluting .

The Civil War amendments—the 13th, 14th, and 15th—ended slavery and promised citizenship and voting ... Act Amendments (1965)." U.S. Department of Labor. "Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964." ...

Four and a half months later, the lanky Texan would return to the U.S. Capitol to sign the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, whose 50th anniversary is being celebrated this week. The Voting ...

For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal Voting Rights Act went even further Wednesday toward blocking ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits ...

On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a knockout blow at the Supreme Court. The Trump Department of Justice ...

The bill aims to restore portions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, including once again requiring “preclearance” from the Justice Department or federal courts before states and ...

After over a month of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill 333-85 on July 9, 1965. After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965, Alabama was ...

The judges said that the map drawn by the Alabama Legislature in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, just like the one previously drawn by the state. "The long and short of it is that the ...

A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down one of the key remaining ways of enforcing the federal Voting Rights Act in seven mainly Midwestern states. For decades, private ...