LWVMO Praises Court for Decision on Abortion Petition Summary (Press Release) 9/27/2023 Jefferson City, MO — The League of Women Voters of Missouri praised a Sept. 25 judicial decision overturning the Secretary of State’s deceptive…
Supreme Court Review: The October 2022 Term (Blog) 9/26/2023 This blog is intended for educational purposes and does not reflect the policy positions of the League of Women Voters. During the 2022…, These decisions reveal a Court majority that, while unwilling to completely upend well-established checks and balances and protections against racial…, After the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down gerrymandered congressional maps under the state constitution’s free and equal elections clause,…, But the opinion contained a caveat giving federal courts a role in interpreting state court decisions on state law, stating “federal courts must not…, Ms. Smith claimed that she planned to expand her business by building unique, tailored wedding websites for couples but refused to create any…, The majority opinion stated that Ms. Smith’s websites constituted expressive content — content that was personal to her. Given the content’s…, Given the widely diverging interpretations of this ruling by the majority and dissent, the effect of this ruling is unclear. This decision will…, Fundamentally, the Court’s opinion ensures that Section 2 remains a viable tool to challenge redistricting maps that fail to give voters of color an…, The Voting Rights Act and the rights it protects cannot be truly secure until there are laws and elected officials at all levels of government…, SFFA argued the institutions’ policies violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which applied to these universities due to…, By striking down affirmative action in higher education admissions, the Court’s six conservative majority made clear that they do not like to view…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund WIC (Legal Document) 9/25/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging the congressional appropriations committees to allot sufficient…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support SNAP for College Students (Legal Document) 9/22/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Enhance Access to SNAP Act. This…
Voting Rights Heroes in the Disability Community (Blog) 9/12/2023 Happy Disability Voting Rights Week! Per the American Association of People with Disabilities, there are currently 38 million people with…, Rosa May Billinghurst Born in Lewisham, England, in 1875, Billinghurst contracted polio during childhood, which led her to use a tricycle…, Fannie Lou Hamer Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 in Mississippi. While she’s one of the more known figures in the civil…, Barbara Jordan Born in Houston in 1936, Jordan overcame segregation and poverty to become the third Black attorney to practice law in Texas.…, Jordan also supported the Equal Rights Amendment and other bills and resolutions dedicated to improving the lives of historically disenfranchised…, What Can You Do to Fight Ableism in Voting? There are things you can do to promote accessibility and fight ableism at the polls: It…
LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document) 9/11/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its…
League of Women Voters teach young women how to run campaign (News Clips) 9/7/2023 This story was originally published by News 4 Tucson, KVOA. The 18th annual ‘Running and Winning’ workshop took place Thursday. It’s an all-day…
Women's (In)Equality Day With Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of League of Women Voters (News Clips) 8/26/2023 This episode originally aired on The Electorette Podcast. Women's Equality Day is observed on August 26th in the United States, and…
Is a Barbie World possible? (News Clips) 8/25/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Fulcrum. Virginia Kase Solomón is the CEO of the League of Women Voters and serves on the boards of the…