Tag: Voting Rights Act

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

By | July 1, 2021 10:12 a.m.

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 | May 17, 2021 5:34 p.m.

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

By | May 13, 2021 1:45 p.m.

Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up

By | April 22, 2021 12:43 p.m.

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

By | February 25, 2021 12:43 p.m.

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 | April 1, 2020 7:05 a.m.

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

By | March 5, 2020 11:44 a.m.

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.