Voter-Initiated Independent Redistricting Commissions Found Constitutional (Press Release) 6/29/2015 Supreme Court Backs Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Washington, DC – Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Arizona State…
Key Win at the Supreme Court on Health Care Tax Subsidies (Blog) 6/25/2015 Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in King v. Burwell, a case about whether tax-credit subsidies can be provided to…
Two Years Later-- Tell Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/25/2015 Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. The VRA was a cornerstone achievement of the civil rights…
Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of Affordable Care Act (Press Release) 6/25/2015 Federal Tax Subsidies Upheld in King v. Burwell Decision Washington, DC – In the closely-watched case of King v. Burwell, today the U.S. Supreme…
League Urges Senators to Oppose S. 1324 (Legal Document) 6/24/2015 The League joined other environmental partners on a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing S. 1324. The legislation introduced by Senator Capito (R-WV)…
White House Holds Summit on Climate Change and Public Health (Blog) 6/24/2015 The White House held its first ever summit on Climate Change and Public Health on June 23. The event brought together senior White House officials,…
Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 Introduced in U.S. Congress (Press Release) 6/24/2015 New Bill Embodies Renewed Effort to Restore Voting Rights Act of 1965 Washington, D.C. – Today, on the eve of the second anniversary of the…
2015 State Legislative Update: Pro-Voter Reforms Outpace Attacks on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/10/2015 Over the past 10 years, our country has seen a steady increase in the attacks on voting rights sweep across the states. From reductions in early…
League Opposes Appeal in Kobach v. EAC (Article) 5/27/2015 The Leagues of Women Voters of the United States, Kansas and Arizona filed a brief before the Supreme Court urging the Court to deny an appeal from…
League Opposes S. 1324 Senator Capito’s “Polluter Protection Act" (Legal Document) 5/20/2015 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing S. 1324 sponsored by Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). The “Polluter Protection Act” will…