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Supreme Court sets the stage for latest gutting of voting rights

The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is willing to use its power to move the law in the majority’s preferred direction.

Law.com · 23h

Supreme Court Will Consider Challenge to Voting Rights Act Remedies

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority voters.

Opinion

Mother Jones · 47m

The Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights As We Know It

That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The Republican-appointed justices have decided it is time to fully destroy the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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Supreme Court will examine racial redistricting law as other states consider new maps

The Supreme Court will hear a case over the creation of minority-majority congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act as states weigh redistricting.

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Supreme Court keeps a pause for now on a ruling that weakens the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court has extended a pause, for now, on a lower court ruling that struck down a key tool for protecting minority ...

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Supreme Court pauses ruling that weakened 1965 Voting Rights Act

Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...

The Voting Rights Act Turns 60. Its Future Has Never Looked More Fragile.

Khadidah Stone will never forget the day in 2023 she learned that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld voting rights in her home ...

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'Ominous' Supreme Court order buried in 'obscure' weekend filing: expert

A legal expert flagged an "ominous" order the U.S. Supreme Court slipped into view over a summer weekend that could even ...

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