Voting Rights Act
The court sided with plaintiffs who argued that Alabama’s district maps were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
On the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the president spoke of the continued fight for voting protections despite a lack of visible progress.
In Merrill v. Milligan, Alabama asked the court to overturn 40 years of precedent. But both liberal and conservative justices questioned the state's argument.
“No argument is too crazy to try” before the Supreme Court’s six-vote conservative supermajority, one attorney said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Supreme Court is allowing Arizona to keep voting restrictions that critics say hurt nonwhite voters.
"The Late Show" host was momentarily speechless after hearing the Senate minority leader's comments.
The law to restore the landmark Voting Rights Act provisions gutted by Supreme Court conservatives faces the same filibuster threat as other voting rights bills.
Kagan accused her conservative colleagues of doing Congress' work for them, saying "this Court has no right to remake" a key section of the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court is allowing Arizona to keep voting restrictions that critics say hurt nonwhite voters.
The ruling in Brnovich v. DNC could have implications for voting measures nationwide.