When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, exactly 50 years ago on Thursday, he noted that the day was “a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ...

Texas Republicans held their biennial convention over the weekend and approved ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark civil rights-era bill that banned racial discrimination in ...

The United States Supreme Court struck down a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act requiring certain states, including Texas, to have voting law changes "pre-cleared" by federal courts.

Texas case before Supreme Court could have consequences for Voting Rights Act. Jan. 6, 2012 -- The Supreme Court will attempt on Monday to untangle the political mess in Texas created by a voting ...

If Texas Republicans had their way, they would nullify the seminal Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Texas Republican Party released its official 2012 platform and the elections law is one of its ...

Texas though, says the legislature's actions weren't about race, they were just partisan politics.The Texas case is a key test for voting rights advocates of whether, and to what degree, section 3 ...

Do we actually need the Voting Rights Act of 1965 today in 2022? Sadly, yes. I wish I could say that racial discrimination in voting was a thing in the past, but it's not.

After Justice Dept. blocks Texas' new voter ID law, state says parts of Voting Rights Act of 1965 are unconstitutional ...

After we first arrived in Washington, D.C., to urge Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People Act to preempt the voting rights suppression bill in Texas and ...

The Texas Republican Party released its 2012 platform this month, and according to the 22-page document, the Texas Republicans support repealing the minimum. ... Repeal the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Next month, a federal trial in southeastern Texas will be the first serious test of the Voting Rights Act since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key portion of it in June.