League Memo Urges Senators to Ask SCOTUS Nominee to Protect Democracy (Article) 7/17/2018 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate outlining four questions that should be asked of any U.S. Supreme Court nominee during the confirmation process.
The SCOTUS Appointment Is More Than A Nominee, It Represents The Direction of America (Blog) 7/10/2018 The American people deserve to know where a nominee stands on basic principles, as the Court's decisions will affect the direction of our democracy for decades to come.
Five Years Since Shelby County v. Holder: Where Do We Stand Now? (Blog) 6/21/2018 Shelby County v. Holder was a landmark case addressing the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Here's what's happened in the five years since the case was decided.
League Sends Letter to House Committee on Citizenship and the U.S. Census (Article) 5/10/2018 The League sent a letter to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee urging the committee to use its power and remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.
SCOTUS Hears Maryland Gerrymandering Case (Blog) 3/29/2018 This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Benisek v. Lamone, a case out of Maryland that argues politicians designed the state's congressional map with…
Comments to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Legal Document) 3/19/2018 The League submitted comments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its ongoing assessment of federal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
League Urges U.S. Senators to Cosponsor We the People Act (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The Act provides an important roadmap for solving the vital issues facing our political system and serves as a vehicle to help renew Americans’ faith that the problems facing our democracy can be…
LWV v. Rucho: NC's Historic Opportunity to End Gerrymandering (Blog) 10/20/2017 The case of League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho challenges North Carolina’s 2016 congressional redistricting plan, arguing the plan violates the First and Fourteenth…
Supreme Court Preview: Gill v. Whitford Challenges the Idea of Partisan Gerrymandering (Blog) 9/27/2017 The Supreme Court case of Gill v. Whitford challenges the district maps drawn by the state legislature of Wisconsin in 2011. It is the first partisan gerrymandering challenge to make it to the…
League Files Amicus Brief in Gill v. Whitford (Article) 9/6/2017 The League filed a brief in the historic partisan gerrymandering case, Gill v. Whitford, which will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3rd.