Voting Rights Act

Scalia on Voting Rights Act: "perpetuation of racial entitlement"

111 days ago

Justice Antonin Scalia calls a key component of the Voting Rights Act at the heart of fierce legal and political skirmishing a "perpetuation of racial entitlement."

Quotes from Supreme Court's voting rights argument

112 days ago

"---Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.: "Everyone agrees that the significant progress that we've made is principally because of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Places covered Voting Rights Act's section

112 days ago

States covered in whole by the Voting Rights Act's prior-approval requirement for changes in the way elections are held:

Landmark Supreme Court voting rights debate will have California impact

112 days ago

The Voting Rights Act case, called Shelby County v. Holder, has attracted more of such debate than most cases because the stakes are so high.

Voting Rights Act made a difference from the beginning in N.C.'s Franklin County

112 days ago

This federal oversight is one of the legacies of the Voting Rights Act passed that year; proponents say it represents vital protection for a fundamental right of citizenship.

Supreme Court reviews whether parts of the voting rights law are out of date

112 days ago

At the center of the case is whether the courts or Congress, which reauthorized the Voting Rights Act in 2006 for 25 years, should decide whether the prior approval requirement in section 5 -...

Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge

112 days ago

The advance approval was adopted in the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to give federal officials a way to get ahead of persistent efforts to keep blacks from voting.

Democrats offer support for Voting Rights Act

114 days ago

Lawmakers representing Hispanics and African Americans called Texas a textbook example of why the U.S. Supreme Court should uphold the Voting Rights Act.

Can escape clause save voting rights provision?

115 days ago

But the Voting Right Act allows governments that have changed their ways to get out from under this humbling need to get permission through a "bailout provision."

Supreme Court to review key part of Voting Rights Act

115 days ago

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, designated states and jurisdictions must secure Justice Department approval before they change any voting practice or procedure.

Are some civil rights era protections still relevant? Supreme Court will decide

117 days ago

Though the court in 2009 left the Voting Rights Act intact, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., in words that now read like a foreshadowing, warned that preclearance's days might be numbered.

The case for the Voting Rights Act isn't made with exaggerations

118 days ago

I understand the push to preserve Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- and the push to dismantle it.

Commentary: How about equal rights and protections for all?

124 days ago

The Voting Rights Act is permanent, but a particular section covering oversight of regions with a history of discrimination, has been renewed incrementally since 1965.

Texas overreaches again on voting rights in Shelby County case

132 days ago

The case of Shelby County v. Holder, on which the justices will hear arguments Feb. 27, challenges the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Judge tells Texas city to use reworked districts

137 days ago

The Dallas Morning News reports ( dallasne.ws/Vv7JBP) that U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater's move followed his earlier ruling that Farmers Branch had violated the Voting Rights Act.