Americans are increasingly living in a nation divided, where how easy it is to vote depends on where they happen to live. We ...

A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats ...

With the 55th anniversary of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the age of voting from 21 to 18, nearly upon us, it is time ...

Naturalized citizens in America now feel their status is uncertain. Recent immigration policies and enforcement actions have ...

A case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could have implications for legal challenges to recent redistricting measures in Texas and Tarrant County. Amanda McCoy [email protected] The core ...

(CNN) — As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a racially charged Louisiana voting rights case last month, down on its ground floor a special exhibit was running a continual loop of commentary from ...

Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed two pieces of legislation that are, to a remarkable degree, animating forces in the most volatile aspects of the current political moment. In August ...

“This act flows from a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that wrong. Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote because of their color. This law will ensure them the right ...

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

Ever since I was 5 years old, walking to the polls with my mother, I wanted to vote. I remember watching her proudly cast her ballot, knowing it was both a right and a responsibility hard-won by ...

A Supreme Court rollback would dishonor the sacrifices of those who marched, bled, and died to secure the most fundamental right of all — the right to vote. Sixty years after President Lyndon B.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which promised Black Americans full participation in democracy, is under threat once again as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Louisiana v. Callais. The case ...