WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S.

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

Questions asked during a Supreme Court hearing last week suggest change is coming, but the extent seems to hinge on the ...

The Supreme Court is reviewing a case centered on Section 2 of the voting rights act, which prohibits electoral practices ...

The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority appeared open to weakening the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a way ...

While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and ...

The Supreme Court may overturn its misguided Gingles precedent, not the landmark 1965 law.

The Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana redistricting case that could determine whether states are required to draw ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court drilled down Wednesday on the issues surrounding Louisiana's Voting Rights case, the six ...

The “ increasingly conservative Supreme Court” has already “largely dismembered” the Voting Rights Act over the past 12 years ...

The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting ...