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

The lower court committed “legal error” in its ruling finding no violation of the Voting Rights Act, Judge Adalberto Jordan ...

The Houston school district uses an at-large voting system to elect its seven trustees, instead of a system in which board ...

After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the ...

A federal appeals court foreclosed on Wednesday one of the main remaining means by which civil rights activists could enforce ...

Private citizens in seven states no longer have a legal path to sue under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, under a ...

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

A three-judge panel permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map that they said flouted their directive to draw a ...

Coloradans concerned about discrimination at the ballot box may be excited about the passing of a bill a local nonprofit ...

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