States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices aired concerns Monday about race in redistricting, in a case about Louisiana's ...

Black Monday is the term used for Oct. 19, 1987 — a day when the U.S. stock market suffered its largest single-day percentage ...

Wisconsites (along with the rest of the country) are breathing a sigh of relief after circuit judge Susan Crawford won a seat ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face the ...

It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest redistricting plan. The state and a group of Black voters ask the justices to ...

Lawyers for Louisiana, who are defending the map, say the Supreme Court needs to either be clear about the “breathing room ... the Louisiana-based 5 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said ...

As my colleagues and I discussed in a brief we filed in the case, the Supreme Court has held that states must have “breathing room” when drawing these maps. So if a state has “good reasons ...

Greim, representing the challengers to the second map, argued that the state was not under any court order to draw a new map and the “breathing ... It lost twice in the circuit court,” Kagan ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face ... saying that states have to have “breathing room” to comply with court ...

Maurice King died while in custody on federal charges. His mother is fighting to make sure someone is held responsible for ...