Is It Time for a New Voting Rights Act?

Victor Landa, NewsTaco For all of the anticipation leading up to the Voting Rights challenge at the U. S. Supreme Court there are a couple of things that bubbled to […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We circled today’s date on NewsTaco’s calendar several months ago. Today is the day that the U. S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) hears arguments in the case […]

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino These days, voting is largely uneventful.  You show up at the polls, check in, vote, and get your sticker. Long gone are the days […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco On February 27th the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a lawsuit originating in Shelby County, Alabama as to why Section […]

By Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation for MALDEF In the 2012 general election, an estimated ten percent of votes were cast by Latinos. The record high number was accompanied by media commentary […]

By Emily Bazelon, Slate At the end of this month, the Supreme Court will hear Shelby County v. Holder, a challenge to the continuing validity of Section 5, brought by the state of […]

By Latino Decisions New brief filed with Supreme Court documents higher rates of prejudice, voting discrimination and inequality faced by African Americans and Latinos in jurisdictions fully covered by Section […]

By Raul A. Reyes, Other Words Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after a diverse coalition of voters re-elected President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court announced that it’s […]

By Suevon Lee, Pro Publica A single provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been playing a key role on the election front this year. Section 5 has blockedphoto voter-ID laws, prohibited reduced […]

PRESS RELEASE MALDEF Secures Ruling that Texas Discriminated Against Latino Voters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today, a three-judge federal panel issued a ruling in Texas v. United Statesdenying preclearance under section 5 […]