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The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Policy

Supreme Court halts order for Virginia to restore voter registrations

Commonwealth said it had removed 1,600 names of noncitizens

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 30, 2024 at 11:12am

The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Policy

Election-related cases land at Supreme Court, maybe a bit late

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 29, 2024 at 4:19pm, Updated at 4:55pm
Pins to promote voting by Native Americans are at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30, 2023.

Congress

100 years after gaining citizenship, Native Americans face barriers to voting

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 8, 2024 at 9:10am
Vice President Kamala Harris (second from left), second gentleman Doug Emhoff (right), civil rights attorney Ben Crump (second from right) and the Rev. Al Sharpton (left) join a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during a commemoration of the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Ala., on Sunday.

Opinion

Justice for Black voters? Or rap songs and sneakers?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted March 7, 2024 at 6:00am
Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives to testify during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in 2022.

Appeals court rules private groups can’t file lawsuits over key Voting Rights Act section

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 20, 2023 at 3:21pm
Storm clouds hang over the Supreme Court building in Washington.

Election rulings temper Supreme Court’s conservative streak

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 6, 2023 at 6:30am
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court to weigh use of race in congressional redistricting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 3, 2022 at 10:54am
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., one of 17 recipients to receive the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

Biden medal picks push partisan issues, and bipartisanship

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 7, 2022 at 6:15pm
President Joe Biden addresses the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Philadelphia on Friday.

House Democrats want more executive actions from Biden

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 11, 2022 at 12:43pm, Updated at 3:15pm
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Elena Kagan, seen here at the 2020 State of the Union address, dissented to Monday’s 5-4 ruling.

Supreme Court allows Alabama to use GOP congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 7, 2022 at 6:41pm