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Stopping Partisan Gerrymandering and Protecting Independent Redistricting...
Tags:U.S. Supreme Court, Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, independent redistricting, gerrymandering, redistricting commissionThe U.S. Supreme Court issued a...
View ArticleVoting Rights Act Marks Fiftieth Anniversary
Tags:Voting Rights Act of 1965, VRA, voter suppression, U.S. Supreme Court, Shelby County v. Holder, NVRD, National Voter Registration Day“The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is one of the most significant...
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus in Evenwel v. Abbott
The LWVUS recently submitted an amicus curiae brief with other groups to the Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott. The case will determine whether states are required to use a metric other than total...
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus Brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
The League of Women Voters joined an amicus brief filed by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Southern Poverty Law Center and 16 other organizations concerned about civil rights and equal...
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U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Idea of Representation
Tags:Evenwel v. Abbott, U.S. Supreme Court, legislative districts, census bureau, equal representationEvenwel v. Abbott, a case out of Texas, has the potential to upset the criteria for drawing state...
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Fisher v. University of Texas Gets its Second Day at the U.S. Supreme Court
Tags:amicus brief, U.S. Supreme Court, affirmative action, Fisher v. UT Austin, civil rights, equal opportunity, public educationLast month, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the issue of racial...
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U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Implementation of Clean Power Plan
Tags:clean power plan, environmental protection agency, Obama Administration, #actonclimate, U.S. Supreme CourtThe U.S. Supreme Court temporarily put the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan. The...
View ArticleLeague Files Brief in Wittman v. Personhuballah
Wittman v. Personhuballah is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 21, 2016 and covers the topic of racial gerrymandering in Virginia.
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus in Zubik v. Burwell
The League of Women Voters joined an amicus brief in the case of Zubik v. Burwell, a challenge to the contraception accommodation in the Affordable Care Act.
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On the Affordable Care Act’s Anniversary, Another Supreme Court Challenge
Tags:Zubik v. Burwell, affordable care act, contraceptive coverage, U.S. Supreme Court, women's health, amicus brief, reproductive choices, health careOn the sixth anniversary of the signing of the...
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League Members to Lobby Congress on Voting Rights
Tags:U.S. Supreme Court, Lobby Day, Shelby County v Holder, Voting Rights Advancement Act, Voting Rights Act, election 2016, Voter Discrimination, #RestoreTheVRA, Convention 2016, #LWV2016Hundreds of...
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections
Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during the current term and covers the topic of racial gerrymandering in Virginia.
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus in McCrory v. Harris
The League joined an amicus in the case of McCrory v. Harris. The case will be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2016.
View ArticleLeague Sends Memo to U.S. Senate Regarding Supreme Court Nominee
The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate about the most recent nominee to the Supreme Court.
View ArticleLeague Joins Amicus in Maslenjak v. United States
The League joined an amicus in Maslenjak v. United States. The case will be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on April 26, 2017. The brief argues that the Sixth Circuit’s holding—that any knowing false...
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