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5th Circuit Pauses Ruling Requiring Galveston, County Texas To Implement Fair Districts For 2024 Democracy Docket19:14 7-Dec-23
Georgia GOP shreds diverse districts, defying court order to remedy discrimination Daily Kos (Weblog)18:39 7-Dec-23
The Latest Challenge to the Voting Rights Act The New York Times18:03 7-Dec-23
Breaking: 5th Circuit, Sitting En Banc, and Over 4 Dissenting Votes, Stops Redistricting Remedy for Galveston, Texas… Election Law (Weblog)16:56 7-Dec-23
Georgia just obliterated Lucy McBath’s district. She says she’s not going anywhere. Politico12:36 7-Dec-23
Guest editorial: Court decision weakens the Voting Rights Act. Will the Supreme Court right this wrong? Aiken Standard, South Carolina06:19 7-Dec-23
Faculty reacts to ruling against use of Voting Rights Act provision Daily Bruin23:45 6-Dec-23
Louisiana Republicans Ask 5th Circuit To Rehear Critical Voting Rights Act Case Democracy Docket15:48 6-Dec-23
Richmond, Virginia’s Odd System for Choosing a Mayor Has Roots in Settling a Voting Rights Act Objection Election Law (Weblog)11:17 6-Dec-23
Janai Nelson: “Victims and advocates deserve a right to fight through the Voting Rights Act” Election Law (Weblog)18:10 5-Dec-23
New legislative maps gain final passage in General Assembly Rough Draft Atlanta16:29 5-Dec-23
Eighth Circuit: Voters Have No Right To Sue To Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Law.com12:58 5-Dec-23
Victims and advocates deserve a right to fight through the Voting Rights Act The Hill10:10 5-Dec-23
Georgia redistricting challenges protections of multiracial coalitions Rock Hill Herald16:44 4-Dec-23
Proposed Georgia congressional map would keep GOP lead while creating majority-black district Washington Examiner15:48 4-Dec-23
Judge Grants Louisiana Extra Time to Craft New Congressional Maps Complying With Voting Rights Act The Messenger09:08 4-Dec-23
Is the Voting Rights Act at risk? Scripps News18:53 3-Dec-23
Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map ABC News13:13 3-Dec-23
Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act Mail Online13:03 3-Dec-23
Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation Mother Jones14:23 2-Dec-23
In the last month
The Supreme Court May Be Poised to Kill the Voting Rights Act Once and for All Truthout14:51 1-Dec-23
Erwin Chemerinsky: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what’s left of the landmark Voting Rights Act Twin Cities Pioneer Press18:03 30-Nov-23
The Voting Rights Act is being attacked from 'every possible angle,' journalist says South Dakota Public Broadcasting13:45 30-Nov-23
Editorial: Another court decision weakens the Voting Rights Act. Will the Supreme Court right this wrong? Los Angeles Times06:09 30-Nov-23
How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape PBS Online19:38 29-Nov-23
The Voting Rights Act is in serious trouble — again theGrio15:42 29-Nov-23
A Rando Trump Judge Just Blew a Giant Hole in the Voting Rights Act The Nation11:03 29-Nov-23
Opinion: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what’s left of the landmark Voting Rights Act Los Angeles Times06:31 29-Nov-23
5th Circuit To Reconsider Redistricting Precedent Under Voting Rights Act Democracy Docket19:45 28-Nov-23
Step by step, conservative judges are gutting the Voting Rights Act The Washington Post17:59 28-Nov-23
Full 5th Circ. To Rethink Galveston Voting Rights Act Decision Law36017:53 28-Nov-23
Rightwing appeals court to consider Texas map in fresh threat to Voting Rights Act Yahoo! UK & Ireland17:04 28-Nov-23
5th Circuit Will Hear Galveston Redistricting Lawsuit En Banc, Offering Another Chance to Weaken the Voting Rights Act Election Law (Weblog)12:14 28-Nov-23
Voting Rights Law Faces More Setbacks With Conservative Judges Bloomberg Law11:33 28-Nov-23
The new Trump judge revolt against the Voting Rights Act, explained Vox07:30 28-Nov-23
Federal Appeals Court Ruling Threatens to Gut Last Critical Section of Voting Rights Act:… The Brad Blog (Weblog)21:14 27-Nov-23
Port: If the redistricting map was racist, why did so many Democrats and Native Americans vote for it? Grand Forks Herald12:42 27-Nov-23
The Francis Effect podcast: Bishop Strickland; Voting Rights Act; theologian timone davis National Catholic Reporter11:28 27-Nov-23
Michigan voting rights advocates decry ‘calamitous ruling’ on Voting Rights Act The Gander10:30 27-Nov-23
Georgia Public Service Commission Elections Challenge Democracy Docket10:27 27-Nov-23
The ongoing destruction of the Voting Rights Act Public Notice06:59 27-Nov-23
Congress should preempt the Supreme Court on Section 2 of Voting Rights Act The Hill18:35 26-Nov-23
E.J. Dionne WaPo Column Discusses the Threats to Voting Rights, and the Need for a Constitutional Amendment Protecting… Election Law (Weblog)12:38 26-Nov-23
“Here’s how a major ruling on the Voting Rights Act could affect Louisiana” Election Law (Weblog)12:38 26-Nov-23
What the latest Voting Rights Act ruling could mean for NC redistricting lawsuits | Opinion The Charlotte Observer00:08 26-Nov-23
Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court Holding that Georgia’s At-Large Elections to State Public Service Commission… Election Law (Weblog)17:35 24-Nov-23
Trump Judges Decimate Voting Rights Act After Supreme Court Bat Signal Talking Points Memo09:04 24-Nov-23
Who can defend voting rights? Appeals court ruling looks likely to head to Supreme Court The Raw Story01:16 24-Nov-23
The Supreme Court Could Upend Future Elections Newsweek04:44 23-Nov-23
Louisiana, Seeking to Capitalize on 8th Circuit Ruling that Private Parties Cannot Sue for Violation of the Voting… Election Law (Weblog)19:08 22-Nov-23
Federal Appeals Court Rules To Limit Voting Act Rights Challenges Black Enterprise13:38 22-Nov-23
Court ruling on Black voters’ right to sue under Voting Rights Act is ‘unconscionable’ theGrio13:29 22-Nov-23
A Voting Rights Act Ruling That's 100% Wrong Bloomberg13:12 22-Nov-23
A Voting Rights Act Ruling That’s 100% Wrong: Stephen L. Carter Bloomberg Law13:12 22-Nov-23
Little Rock mayor speaks against Voting Rights Act redistricting decision on CNN Arkansas Times12:49 22-Nov-23
Conservative Judges Are Dismissing Decades of Precedent to Try to Kill the Voting Rights Act The New Republic12:23 22-Nov-23
Why Supreme Court May Knock Out Ruling on Voting Rights Act The Daily Signal11:19 22-Nov-23
Eighth Circuit Rules That the Voting Rights Act Does Not Include a Private Right of Action, Impacting Potentially… JD Supra09:09 22-Nov-23
Yet another effort to kill the Voting Rights Act Off the Kuff (Weblog)06:09 22-Nov-23
Experts examine how Supreme Court could overhaul voting rights litigation in possible… Fox News04:11 22-Nov-23
Trump-appointed judges dealt a ‘body blow’ to the Voting Rights Act The Independent20:03 21-Nov-23
A Body Blow to the Voting Rights Act The Washington Monthly17:40 21-Nov-23
Joan Biskupic: “Voting Rights Act ruling is latest attempt by Trump-nominated judges to overturn Supreme Court… Election Law (Weblog)17:03 21-Nov-23
How the Voting Rights Act, Newly Challenged, Has Long Been Under Attack The New York Times16:46 21-Nov-23
North Carolina senator calls gerrymandering suit a ‘glimmer of hope’ Courthouse News16:33 21-Nov-23
North Dakota's top election official appeals ruling protecting Native American voting rights Fox News16:07 21-Nov-23
Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting lawsuits looks likely to head to the Supreme… The Conversation (UK)15:31 21-Nov-23
Voting Rights Act weakened by appeals court saying private individuals, groups can't sue CBS News - YouTube15:24 21-Nov-23
Experts rip "extreme" voting rights loss Salon.com15:22 21-Nov-23
North Dakota to appeal decision that protected tribes' rights KVRR14:50 21-Nov-23
Voting Rights Act weakened by appeals court CBS News14:23 21-Nov-23
Rep. Sewell reacts to court decision ‘gutting’ Voting Rights Act WSFA TV 12, Alabama14:06 21-Nov-23
In wake of Voting Rights Act ruling, North Dakota to appeal decision that protected tribes'… Mail Online14:02 21-Nov-23
Clarence Thomas Just Made Another Mess for His Colleagues to Clean Up Slate13:56 21-Nov-23
US court rolls back key voting rights protection BBC13:03 21-Nov-23
Is the Voting Rights Act nearly dead? The Week (US)12:44 21-Nov-23
Appellate Court kills key remaining part of Voting Rights Act People's World12:24 21-Nov-23
8th Circuit limits enforcement of Voting Rights Act Tucson Sentinel12:01 21-Nov-23
New court ruling guts key part of Voting Rights Act ABC News11:19 21-Nov-23
Clarence Thomas' 'Acolyte' Just Dropped a Bomb on Voting Rights Newsweek11:01 21-Nov-23
8th Circuit court rules private plaintiffs can't sue under section of Voting Rights Act The Gazette09:49 21-Nov-23
The Decision That Could End Voting Rights The Atlantic09:42 21-Nov-23
'Body Blow' to Voting Rights Act Sparks Fears for 2024 Election Newsweek09:27 21-Nov-23
Federal appeals court rules private plaintiffs can't sue in blow to Voting Rights Act CBS News09:16 21-Nov-23
Federal Appeals Court Ruling Could Gut Voting Rights Act American Greatness08:45 21-Nov-23
Photos: President Biden pardons 2 Thanksgiving turkeys in White House tradition Mercury News08:07 21-Nov-23
Groups cannot sue under Voting Rights Act section to combat election discrimination, court rules Al.com07:54 21-Nov-23
Court: Unless Congress Clears Up The Voting Rights Act, Only The AG Can Enforce Section 2 The Federalist07:44 21-Nov-23
Appeals Court Deals Blow To Voting Rights Act — Here’s How It Could Impact The 2024 Election Forbes07:42 21-Nov-23
Thanksgiving travel; a blow to the Voting Rights Act; Trump's 'excellent' health; and more morning headlines The Franklin News-Post07:40 21-Nov-23
‘Terrible, wrong and brutal for minorities’: Appeals court guts Voting Rights Act The Raw Story07:09 21-Nov-23
Black Voters Sue North Carolina Over Redrawn State Senate Map The Messenger07:06 21-Nov-23
Voting Rights Act Under Threat (Again) Crooked01:17 21-Nov-23
'No way to run a democracy': Court advances new attack on Voting Rights Act MSNBC00:35 21-Nov-23
Eighth Circuit ruling limits enforcement of Voting Rights Act Courthouse News00:05 21-Nov-23
Appeals court strikes down Voting Rights Act tool KAIT 823:53 20-Nov-23
Court Limits Ability to Bring Race-Based Lawsuits Against Congressional Maps NTD News21:49 20-Nov-23
Appeals court decision could limit enforcement of Voting Rights Act The Washington Post21:09 20-Nov-23
The appeals court decision that could cripple the Voting Rights Act Semafor20:34 20-Nov-23
Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals Upholds US District Court Judge Decision Saying That Only the Federal Government Can … Ballot Access News (Weblog)19:49 20-Nov-23
Federal appeals court deals a blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can't sue Star Tribune, Minnesota19:10 20-Nov-23
Federal appeals court dismisses Arkansas redistricting lawsuit Iowa Capital Dispatch18:23 20-Nov-23
Federal court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, barring lawsuits from private parties PBS Online18:14 20-Nov-23
Another voting case may head to Scotus after ruling limits challenges to election law ABC News18:10 20-Nov-23
Federal appeals court ruling strikes down private lawsuits under Voting Rights Act UPI18:00 20-Nov-23
Appeals court rules private groups can’t file lawsuits over key Voting Rights Act section Centre Daily Times, Pennsylvania17:57 20-Nov-23
Federal appellate court delivers blow to voting rights activists in Arkansas The Washington Times17:54 20-Nov-23
Voting Rights Act ruling is latest attempt by Trump-nominated judges to overturn Supreme Court… CNN17:52 20-Nov-23
Federal Court Guts Enforcement of Voting Rights Act in “Catastrophic” Ruling Truthout17:16 20-Nov-23
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act TIME17:10 20-Nov-23
Federal Court Torpedoes Key Provisions Of Voting Rights Act The Daily Caller16:58 20-Nov-23
8th Circuit Decides To Wildly Limit Enforcement Of The Voting Rights Act Above the Law16:50 20-Nov-23
Federal appeals court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can't sue Mail Online16:47 20-Nov-23
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Just Walloped What Was Left of the Voting Rights Act Esquire16:28 20-Nov-23
An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act New England Public Media16:25 20-Nov-23

      
            
      
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Latest news on the Voting Rights Act, which was enacted in the US in 1965 to protect the voting rights of racial minorities. The Act prohibits discrimination in voting and requires states with a history of discrimination to obtain pre-approval from the federal government before implementing any changes to their voting laws.