Historic Voting Rights Act ensures protection for black communities vulnerable to voting suppression but Voting Rights Act to go

Top US court to examine minority voting rights

The US Supreme Court decided to take up the issue of voting rights for minorities, a group that has historically faced discrimination at the polls. Just three days after the country’s presidential election, the panel on Friday announced it had agreed to consider a legal challenge to a section of the…

Voting Rights Act to Go

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Certain Provisions of Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, the Project on Fair Representation applauds the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Shelby Co., Ala v. Holder, a case that challenges the constitutionality of the 2006 reauthorization of Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Supreme Court to rule on scope of federal powers in Voting Rights Act case

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether Congress overstepped its authority in 2006 when it extended for 25 years a key portion of the Voting Rights Act. In announcing that it would take up an appeal filed by Shelby County, Ala., the high court is significantly boosting the profile