The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Voting Rights Act, a centerpiece of the civil rights movement that is still the subject of debate.

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state ...

"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...

Why a National Campaign for Voting Rights Is EssentialWhile a constitutional voting-rights amendment is unlikely, a national campaign could do much good, and Democrats are foolish if they don’t ...

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"There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem. ... Many of the issues of civil rights are very complex and most difficult. But about this there can ...

Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans von Spakovsky talked about the origin of the Voting Rights Act, which President Johnson signed the act into law on August 6, 1965, and state voter identification laws.

Professors Julian Zelizer and Orville Vernon Burton talked about the factors that led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and challenges to voter's rights after the Supreme Court ...

On Tuesday, March 7 – the 41st anniversary of “Bloody Selma,” when voting-rights activists were attacked by Alabama police – the national ACLU launched the “Every Voice. Every Vote ...