The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold, at least for now, a ruling by a federal appeals court that could limit the power ...

Republicans are increasingly bullish they can whittle away at the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as Democrats renew a long-shot ...

Former Attorney General Eric Holder joined prominent Democrats to rail against Republican attacks on democracy ...

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

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

It’s the latest ruling from the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying only the government can bring lawsuits ...

The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that would have weakened the Voting Rights Act on Thursday, granting Native ...

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented Thursday from the court’s decision to halt an ...

There’s some reason to think a majority of the justices might disagree with the 8th Circuit’s restrictive, precedent-defying interpretation of the Voting Rights Act. But time will tell.

Once considered the most successful civil rights statute in the history of the nation, the Voting Rights Act is now on life ...

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

An appeals court ruling that said private parties cannot file VRA lawsuits goes against settled law, attorneys said.