Voting Rights Act

Hundreds attended a Sunday morning brunch with Vice President Joe Biden, and thousands gathered Sunday afternoon to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma's annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event commemorates the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers by state troopers as they began a march to Montgomery in March 1965. (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Biden Leads Selma Civil Rights March, Tells Crowd They ‘Broke The Back Of The Forces Of Evil’

The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans’ votes haven’t stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls.

2013/03/03

File photo of the Supreme Court justices. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Chief Justice Roberts Asks If Obama Administration Thinks Southerners ‘Are More Racist Than Citizens In The North’

The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box comes before the Supreme Court in a case that weighs the nation’s enormous progress in civil rights against the need to continue to protect minority voters.

2013/02/27

File photo of a polling station. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obama Administration Defending ‘Bailout Provision’ In Voting Rights Act

The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an escape hatch from the law’s strictest provision.

2013/02/25

File photo of President Barack Obama. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama: Keep Key Voting Rights Act Provision

President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have been violated if the Supreme Court strikes down a key part of a voting rights law.

2013/02/22

File photo of the U.S. Supreme Court building. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

High Court To Take New Look At Voting Rights Law

The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider eliminating the government’s most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.

2012/11/10

The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sit for their official photograph on Oct. 8, 2010 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (credit: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Opponents Want Supreme Court To End Voting Rights Act Provision

Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans. Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the high court to finish off that provision.

2012/10/28

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Opinion: Lacking Government ID Does Not Make You Unworthy Of Voting

There are many Americans who do not have a government issued ID. In our country there is no requirement to carry ID. If you do not have a government ID, that does not make you a criminal. That does not make you unworthy of voting.

2012/07/31