The GOP lit the match. The Supreme Court banned the fire department

The foundation of our democracy is burning to the ground. It did not begin with Donald Trump, but he stoked the flames. The conservative Roberts Court did not light the match, but it has repeatedly declared…

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Georgia law targeting Democratic counties draws lawsuit over ‘political redlining’

Metro Atlanta district attorneys sued to block a new Georgia law that would strip party labels from district attorney and other local races in five Democratic-leaning counties, arguing the measure is an unconstitutional attack on Black…

Supreme Court lets states ‘openly discriminate against Black voters,’ Democrats, voting advocates say

Democrats and civil-rights advocates are speaking out after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority delivered a final blow to the Voting Rights Act (VRA) Tuesday when it allowed Alabama to use a congressional map previously found…

Supreme Court’s Alabama redistricting ruling marks brazen reversal of its previous stance

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority erased all doubts about the sweeping nature of its recent voting rights jurisprudence Tuesday night with a shadow docket ruling that effectively reverses the Court’s own decision in the same…