They have good reason to presume unlawful partisanship is at work when a supine statehouse gives in to partisan demands and gerrymanders districts to skew the results.
Voting Rights Act
Posted inLaw and Justice
Today’s Supreme Court is Anti-Voter
The South Carolina redistricting ruling is more evidence of a Court that guts voting rights and defers to politicians and not citizens.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
A Body Blow to the Voting Rights Act
Individual plaintiffs can’t sue under the landmark 1965 statue, rules a federal appeals court, shattering judicial precedent.
Posted inPolitics
Alabama’s Defiance of the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law
The state’s attempt to nullify a Voting Rights Act decision calls for a swift and firm rebuke.
Posted inMagazine
The Court’s Third Great Crisis
Twice before in history, the Supreme Court has allowed itself to become an arm of one political party, with catastrophic results. Only the voters can save us from the same fate today.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court Takes Aim at the Voting Rights Act
In a case it will hear next week, the Court could side with Alabama and deliver a devastating blow to the landmark civil rights law.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Take Me Out to the … Voting Booth!
Casting ballots at sports stadiums and arenas is safe, fun, and great for citizens and teams. A new study shows how.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
New York’s Smart New Voting Rights Law
On the verge of enactment, the statute enshrines access to the ballot, even establishing a pre-clearance test like the one the Supreme Court struck down in 2013. Why other states should emulate what Albany is doing.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Voting Rights: “There Is Reason to be Optimistic as Well as Alarmed”
The Supreme Court is curtailing voting rights, as are many states. But the Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman sees reason for hope. Here’s why.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Voting Rights Champion?
The Supreme Court nominee’s views on voting as a fundamental right suggests that she may be a standout voice on the Court, even more than her mentor Stephen Breyer.
