Category: Shelby County v. Holder

Senate Committee Takes First Step Toward Moving Voting Rights Bill Forward

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One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act, gutting the preclearance requirements... Read more

Voting Rights Protections Cannot Wait

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Congress’s approval ratings are at all-time record lows. Americans have lost faith in our elected officials. The public no longer... Read more

Most Americans Strongly Support Voting Rights Act, Says Report

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More than 10 months have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court shocked the American public by striking down Section 4(B)... Read more

Hope for a Voting Rights Fix

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Today, members of Congress took an important first step in restoring and reinvigorating the protections afforded by the Voting Rights... Read more

Voter Suppression Schemes Under the Radar After Shelby County Decision

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In one of the best analogies ever found in a Supreme Court opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likened the Voting... Read more

Remembering the Voting Rights Act

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“They came in darkness and they came in chains. And today we strike away the last major shackle of those... Read more

VRA Decision Unleashes Voter Suppression Laws

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Last week’s Voting Rights Act ruling by the United States Supreme Court marked a significant setback for democracy. The detrimental... Read more

Post-racial and Post-Section 4

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At the signing of the 2006 reauthorization of the VRA, after its unanimous approval by the Senate, George W. Bush... Read more

Voting Rights Act Ruling a Setback for Our Great Democracy

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  Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, ruling that Section... Read more