SCOTUSblog

In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map that a group of voters who describe themselves as ...

Black Democrats accuse Republicans of using redistricting to create 'Jim Crow 2.0'

Black Democrats on Capitol Hill are up in arms over the GOP effort to purge Congress of minority districts, accusing ...
AOL

Mississippi governor calling for special session over state Supreme Court map after VRA decision

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) announced on Friday that he will call a special session to consider new voting maps after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a landmark redistricting case. Reeves said ...
Opinion

For a Time, the U.S. Protected Democracy

So it was for the Voting Rights Act, the 1965 legislation that protected Black suffrage by neutralizing voter suppression in southern states, and became the foundation for equal ballot access for all ...