Tag: Voting Rights Act

Kagan Laments America’s Dark History Of Voter Suppression In Dissent, Citing The Court As A Primary Antagonist

By Kate Riga

07.01.21 | 2:06 pm

6-3 SCOTUS Further Scales Back Reach of Voting Rights Act

By Tierney Sneed and Kate Riga

07.01.21 | 10:12 am

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and ranking member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., arrive for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building for Mark C. Christie and Allison Clements, nominees to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Manchin And Murkowski Urge Bipartisan Reauthorization Of Voting Rights Act

By Summer Concepcion

05.17.21 | 5:34 pm

Manchin Compromise Idea For Voting Rights Gets A Shot Across the Bow From Cornyn

By Tierney Sneed

05.13.21 | 1:45 pm

Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up

By Tierney Sneed

04.22.21 | 12:43 pm

The Voting Rights Veterans Biden Has Picked To Lead DOJ Have Their Work Cut Out For Them

By Tierney Sneed

02.25.21 | 12:43 pm

We Need A Constitutional Amendment That Guarantees The Right To Vote

That amendment must also have a punishment for states that keep up their voter suppression schemes.

By Martha S. Jones

04.01.20 | 7:05 am

Just A Reminder That Trump Wanted To Change The Census For ‘VRA Enforcement’

By Tierney Sneed

03.05.20 | 11:44 am

I took a deep dive into the Trump administration’s failure to bring any new Voting Rights Act cases in the first three years of his term. This dry spell of new public VRA enforcement is unprecedented, and it sets Trump’s DOJ apart from that of previous administrations, Democratic and Republican alike.