The state of Georgia banned the use of QR codes for elections, based in part on the assertions of a man who’s boosted false ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to upend mail voting. It’s ...

Citing a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and GOP allies are urging Tennessee lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to flip its only Democratic-held seat, located ...

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday vowed to fight back after the Supreme Court weakened a provision of the Voting Rights Act, potentially endangering majority-Black districts throughout the South.

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on April 29 at 9:58 p.m. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, in the case of Louisiana v. Callais, struck down a Louisiana ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on April 29 threw out a congressional map in Louisiana that had been drawn to protect the voting power of Black residents, a decision that limits a landmark civil rights ...

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In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s ...

The Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander on Wednesday, a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court further weakened the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, ruling that a congressional map in Louisiana was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply with the ...

The Senate banking committee voted to advance Kevin Warsh's nomination to lead the Federal Reserve. The 13-11 party-line vote tees up President Donald Trump's pick for a final confirmation vote in the ...

On a 6-3 vote, with all Republican appointees in favor and all Democratic appointees opposed, the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act as it applies to ...