The Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congressional map.
The legislation currently has 220 sponsors, including all Democratic members of the Brooklyn Congressional delegation.
Gillibrand said, “Make no mistake: this decision will disenfranchise voters and dilute minority communities’ representation in Congress.”
“In the wake of the Court’s decision, New York and states across the country can and must continue to defend the right to vote.”
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL “FIGHT BACK” against attacks on their right to political representation, said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
STATE A.G. LETITIA JAMES praised a ruling that upheld the constitutionality of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act in Clarke v. Newburgh.
Redistricting disputes have reached the Supreme Court, as attorneys general argue for states’ authority to redraw legislative maps.
In the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use illegal districts and diluted the voting power of Black citizens.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is spearheading a coalition of 19 attorneys general to protect a crucial aspect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This group filed an
WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section
EDITORS’ NOTE: In speaking with legal counselors this morning, the Eagle has found that both federal and state law requires American citizenship to vote. The city council has no standing
Imagine the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Given the unprecedented number of mail-in votes this election, Americans may wake up and still not know who won the presidential contest between
The Brooklyn Bar Association and the Caribbean American Lawyers Association hosted a continuing legal education seminar on voter suppression on Tuesday with a pair of local attorneys and a history
The presidents of the women’s bar associations from New York City and the head of the statewide bar set aside part of their Saturday on Aug. 8 for “Equalitea,” a
Bichotte commemorates Voting Rights Act Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush-Ditmas Park) recently commemorated the 55th anniversary of the day the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President
Some 500 New Yorkers took to the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, March 7, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma marches. Together with local elected officials and community
Politicians from all levels of government gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Thursday, August 8 to urge Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressmembers Nydia Velazquez
Dozens of Brooklynites converged on Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights on Thursday, October 11, to make their concerns about proposed City Council district lines known to the New York