A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling striking down a state law that prohibits local governments from ...

Voting has become the most frequently practiced and revered civic duty of everyday Americans. Over 700,000 cast ballots across Philadelphia in November for president and other offices.

It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important federal ...

President Donald Trump has rolled back 60-year-old act which banned discrimination in federal workplaces. His executive order ...

The lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, pushes for a judge to order the county to move to geographical political districts.

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After the U.S. Department of Justice froze civil rights actions, Hazleton officials didn’t raise their hopes too high that ...

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