A three-judge panel said the Alabama legislature made “a deliberate decision to double down on the dilution of Black ...

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has won a victory at the Supreme Court against Alabama's discriminatory redistricting practices ...

This victory comes after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have undermined voting rights laws. “If any case was going to ...

A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits ...

On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a ...

civil rights advocates last year opted against appealing the 2023 ruling to the Supreme Court, citing the availability of an alternative mechanism for plaintiffs to still pursue voting rights cases.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal Voting Rights Act went even further Wednesday toward ...

A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal ...

The ruling shuts off a route to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through a federal civil rights law known as Section 1983, which allows people to sue state officials to vindicate their federal ...