Clarence Thomas makes rare break with Scalia
OPINION - Are U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia parting political ways?...
Ending felony disenfranchisement
OPINION - It’s should come as no surprise that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is taking steps to rid the states of laws blocking people with felony convictions from the ballot box...
Voting rights for millions are in the hands of just 9 justices
OPINION - Two critical voting rights opinions will be issued by the Supreme Court this term, which ends on June 30. Both cases will have a major impact on African-Americans and people of color in general...
Supreme Court won't get involved in Mississippi redistricting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting...
Sandra Day O'Connor re-opens Bush v. Gore can of worms
OPINION - Twelve years after the controversial Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is having some second thoughts about the case...
Scalia's take on Voting Rights Act a slap in the face
OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting that child abusers are a minority, but that doesn’t mean they deserve protection...
Eric Holder wants Voting Rights Act provision upheld
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act...
Why we still need the Voting Rights Act
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary Hall last week – allowing civil rights icon Rosa Parks to take her rightful place in our nation’s Capitol...
Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act...
Can escape clause save voting rights provision?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law...
