Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act

Judges to weigh request to put state under preclearance

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ruling the state intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when drawing congressional lines.

Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling that American Indians say would disenfranchise them

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling Wednesday that would have potentially disenfranchised American Indians in a legal battle over North Dakota's legislative map.

Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act

A group of plaintiffs challenging North Dakota’s state legislative maps came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the justices to block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that could weaken the power of the federal Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs, which include two Native American tribes and several individual voters, told the justices that the 8th Circuit is the only area of the country “in which private plaintiffs ca…

Power Or Prejudice? Louisiana’s Battle Over Black Voting Rights Explained

A redistricting case in Louisiana is shaping up to potentially reshape voting rights in America. The state features a population that is one-third Black. Despite this, there was only one district out of six with a Black majority representation. Now that a federal court has stepped in to update its congressional map, white voters are reportedly pushing back, suing for discrimination. But is it really? The Shade Room’s correspondent A.B. Burns-Tuc…

The SAVE Act Will Set Women Voters Back a Generation

Barely six months into the new administration, President Trump and his allies are advancing a bill that will fundamentally change our elections and make it harder for millions of women to register, vote and participate in our democracy. The deceptively named SAVE Act represents the latest and most dangerous threat of election denialism to date. Proponents of the SAVE Act would have us believe that anyone can walk into a polling station and cast …

The future of the Voting Rights Act is at the Supreme Court

A key question about the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is now at the U.S. Supreme Court — a year after voting rights lawyers decided not to take the issue to the far-right majority court and as another key voting rights question is already set for the justices’ fall arguments.The North Dakota case that came to the Supreme Court this week followed an outlier 2023 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in which the …