Above: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, defender of GOP voter suppression. Vox legal reporter Ian Millhiser has an analysis of two cases involving Arizona laws restricting the right to vote consolidated before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will hear a case that could destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act: The Supreme Court … Read more
Vox legal reporter Ian Millhiser gives a preview of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term beginning on Monday. 7 big cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, explained: The new Supreme Court term will open on Monday under a cloud of uncertainty — and dread, if you’re a liberal. [O]ne such lawsuit … Read more
Today is Women’s Equality Day. Why is August 26 known as Women’s Equality Day? The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote nationally on August 18, 1920, so why is Women’s Equality Day on August 26th each year? The simple answer is that even when a constitutional amendment has been ratified it’s not official … Read more
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) died on Friday, from cancer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a statement declaring: “America mourns the loss of one of the greatest heroes of American history.” Born the son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South, Lewis rose to become known as “the conscience of the U.S. … Read more
Above: Senator “Moscow Mitch” McConnell (R), Amy McGrath (D), and Charles Booker (D). The Washington Post reports, Kentucky braces for possible voting problems in Tuesday’s primary amid signs of high turnout: Fewer than 200 polling places will be open for voters in Kentucky’s primary Tuesday, down from 3,700 in a typical election year. Amid a … Read more