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The SCOTUS Majority is Bent on Dismantling the Voting Rights Act. Lacking Federal Protection, Pro-Democracy States are Enacting State VRAs

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

We reported recently on the impact of Shelby County v. Holder, the U.S. Supreme Court majority’s decision invalidating Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Anticipating even more erosion of the VRA, some states have passed their own state VRAs.

Eleven Years After Shelby County v. Holder, Unfettered Anti-Voter Legislatures are Stripping Voting Rights at an Alarming Rate

June 25, 2024June 26, 2024

June 25th is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Shelby County v. Holder decision. It stripped federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination from the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Since then, over 100 restrictive voting bills have been passed by state legislatures.

Rebroadcast: Learn How the Shelby County v. Holder Decision Unleashed New Barriers to Voting

August 23, 2023December 30, 2023

Brian is off today, leading a training. Every voter should know and understand the basics of the Shelby County decision changed American Democracy, and not for the better. The current conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court unleashed anti-voter and racist state legislatures kept in check for decades by "pre-clearance" requirements to once again push the limits of voter suppression.

How the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder Decision Re-Opened the Door to State Voter Suppression Legislation

June 25, 2023June 25, 2023

June 25th, 2023 was the tenth anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder, a U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. What was this decision about, and how has it contributed to the erosion of our democracy?

SCOTUS Takes Another Chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by Refusing Mississippi Case

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

February 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court took another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by refusing to hear a 2001 Mississippi gerrymandering case called Buck v. Reeves.