It was National Voter Registration Day, and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was on her way to a small liberal arts ...

Even though 2025 is an off-year for federal elections, the fight for voting rights is intensifying. President Donald Trump and his supporters have pushed sweeping executive actions and policy shifts ...

Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed two pieces of legislation that are, to a remarkable degree, animating forces in the most volatile aspects of the current political moment. In August ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has several avenues at its disposal as it appears poised to limit a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. As the justices consider Louisiana’s ...

A Supreme Court ruling against the Voting Rights Act could allow Republicans to redraw districts and solidify control of the House From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get ...

The Supreme Court’s arguments in Louisiana v. Callais left little doubt about what’s coming: The Voting Rights Act may soon be gutted beyond recognition. To anyone reading the headlines, this may look ...

If the oral arguments are any indication, the Supreme Court may be about to achieve a remarkably bizarre outcome: using the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to overturn a key provision of ...

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, center left, and Chief Justice John Roberts, center right, attend the inauguration ceremony with their fellow justices as Donald Trump speaks after being sworn ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a decision in the case Louisiana vs. Callais that may guide how the Voting Rights Act is enforced. The high court heard rearguments last week in the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appears to be on the cusp of overturning or weakening a key provision of the Voting Rights Act — and Lisa Graves said that comes as no shock to her. Graves — the author of a new ...