Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act needed even with increased African-American balloting

6 hours, 21 minutes ago

With the court's decision looming, a number of recent commentators have suggested that, in light of recent voter turnout data, the Voting Rights Act is no longer needed.

Linda Campbell: Supreme Court could make history on Voting Rights Act

22 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."

Commentary: Justice Scalia shows his politics

75 days ago

The Voting Rights Act passed on Aug. 4 of that year, and Johnson signed it on Aug. 6, proclaiming it "a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield.

Justice Scalia shows his pride, prejudice and politics

78 days ago

The Voting Rights Act passed on Aug. 4 of that year, and Johnson signed it on Aug. 6, proclaiming it "a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield.

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

78 days ago

And Scalia said that the name "Voting Rights Act" was so politically appealing that no senator dared vote against it: "Who's going to vote against it in the future?

Marchers in Selma say Voting Rights Act of 1965 still valid, necessary

80 days ago

The 50-mile march prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act that struck down impediments to voting by African-Americans and ended all-white rule in the South.

Jackson: Voting rights continue to be threatened

80 days ago

The 50-mile march prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act that struck down impediments to voting by African-Americans and ended all-white rule in the South.

Rep. Jim Clyburn celebrates Lincoln, MLK, but says Voting Rights Act under threat

83 days ago

Jesse Jackson, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and black lawmakers held a rally Wednesday to protect the Voting Rights Act on the steps outside the Supreme Court after its hearing.

Supreme Court to decide future of Voting Rights Act

84 days ago

About 15 members of the 42-member Congressional Black Caucus held a rally in front of the Supreme Court building before the arguments to urge the court to keep the Voting Rights Act intact.

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

84 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

84 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

84 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

84 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

84 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

84 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

84 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

86 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?

87 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

88 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

89 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

91 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?

97 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

105 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

109 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.

AG Holder: protect voting rights provision

162 days ago

Attorney General Eric Holder says that preserving a Voting Rights Act provision facing a Supreme Court challenge is essential to defending the rights of millions of Americans.

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