If the high court limits or strikes down Section 2, it would likely benefit Republicans. However, it wouldn't fully start ...

Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are ...

A federal judge threw out their climate lawsuit against the president a few days ago. But legal experts say there was a ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works.

As the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar last week—a case that could overturn bans on conversion therapy in more than 20 states and the District of Columbia—a group ...

Over the past few months, there has been simmering tension and a shift in tone between the high court and lower courts ...

October tends to get a lot of attention for pumpkin patches, Halloween costumes, and the gradual shift to cooler weather, but ...

The US Supreme Court, hearing arguments Wednesday over a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, appeared inclined to limit ...

A divided federal appeals court has sided with Michigan school administrators who barred students from wearing shirts with ...

Janai Nelson, a longtime civil rights attorney, was the woman who argued on behalf of Black voters and what is left of the ...

“Of course, the Framers did not expect the President to do everything personally,” wrote Nelson, whose views have been cited ...