WASHINGTON—The “originalism” theory that the Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court majority often uses in its rulings turning back the constitutional clock doesn’t fit with the Constitution itself, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says. It also increases political polarization and…
SPLC and Voting Rights Groups Sue Texas Over Refusal To Disclose Records of Motor Voter Failures — Learn More In a recent op-ed for the American Bar Association, Southern Poverty Law Center Chief Policy Officer LaShawn Y. Warren highlighted the progress…
In a speech at Catholic University’s law school, Justice Elena Kagan said the American public sees a troubling political system, and Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and legal commentator Madiba Dennie say that’s a pointed warning about the Supreme Court itself. Lithwick…
Taylor and U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, a fellow Republican, sat side by side on the U.S. Capitol steps. “My friend Tim Burchett showing me the dadgum ropes,” Taylor wrote in a Facebook post. On May 7, the same day that the new districts…
Taylor and U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, a fellow Republican, sat side by side on the U.S. Capitol steps. “My friend Tim Burchett showing me the dadgum ropes,” Taylor wrote in a Facebook post. On May 7, the same day that the new districts…
The American people view the current political system as “a nightmare,” Kagan said, “and they’re right.” Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned a group of law students at Catholic University on Tuesday that the current iteration of the court — which…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pushed back Thursday after the Supreme Court blocked an order she said protected voters from misleading information about New Hampshire’s election rules. The lone dissenter argued that her colleagues had misapplied a principle discouraging federal courts…
to see more of our voting rights news coverage when you search. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sharply criticized the Court’s recent decisions in cases affecting voting rights and campaign finance, saying that the conservative majority’s rulings had harmed democracy…
On Feb. 1, 1960, four freshmen from North Carolina A&T sat down at the whites-only lunch counter of the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro and refused to leave. Students from Bennett College, the Black women’s college across town, soon joined them, and…
The Obama appointee’s comments come as voters cast ballots in elections that the justices have shaped with their rulings. With Americans deciding the congressional balance of power in November’s midterm elections, Justice Elena Kagan is reminding the nation of how…
The Voting Rights Act in court: Louisiana v. Callais and the Supreme Court's Section 2 ruling, VRA lawsuits and the push to restore the law.
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