Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Keep Guns Out of Public Spaces (Press Release) 6/23/2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the US Supreme Court ruled 6 – 3 in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that New York’s 100-year-old law…
Huge bill adds extra steps for voters and those who run Missouri elections (News Clips) 6/16/2022 This article was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio. The election omnibus bill that Missouri lawmakers passed this year was originally a…
Caren Short Joins League of Women Voters as Director of Legal & Research (Press Release) 6/10/2022 WASHINGTON– The League of Women Voters is proud to announce Caren Short's appointment as director of legal and research. Caren joins the League’s…
What's Going On With Reproductive Rights? (Blog) 5/27/2022 The recently leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization threatens to overturn the constitutional…, In May of 2021, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In this case, the Center for Reproductive Rights…, How You Can Take Action for Reproductive Rights The League of Women Voters of the United States has engaged with all significant abortion-…
LWVUS Joined a Letter with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on Implementing President Biden’s Voting Rights Executive Order (Legal Document) 5/26/2022 The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights organized a letter with 106 organizations requesting federal agencies to strongly implement…
CEO's Remarks at NCBCP Voting Rights and Reproductive Justice Call to Action (Blog) 5/25/2022 On June 25, the League's CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined Black Women Leaders and Allies, an arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic…
Protect the Voting Rights Act to Keep Democracy Safe (Blog) 5/23/2022 Writing in dissent last summer, Justice Elena Kagan commented that the Voting Rights Act (VRA) represents the best and the worst of America. The best…, The League's Support for the Voting Rights Act The League of Women Voters has supported voting rights, and the Voting Rights Act in particular…, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a key voice against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, called the act “unnecessary.” But if the…
LWVUS Advocates for the Passage of the DISCLOSE Act of 2021 (Legal Document) 5/19/2022 The League of Women Voters strongly urges the US Senate to bring the DISCLOSE Act of 2021 to the floor for debate and final passage. The…