“The upshot of Louisiana’s burn-it-all-down approach is that it wants relief from any congressional or judicial scrutiny of its voting laws,” wrote the Robinson litigants, a coalition of Black voters in their Oct. 3 brief. “Let there be no mistake: That was the situation that prevailed in Louisiana and nationwide for the 100 years before the VRA.”

The US Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional.

Majority of Supreme Court signaled that it would allow candidates for federal office to challenge state elections laws without having to prove harm.

Colorado and over 20 other states have banned the practice aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people.

The state wants the U.S. Supreme Court to deny death row inmate Charles Crawford's request to stop his execution, says his "guilt is not in question."

A majority of the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it will back a Republican congressman from Illinois who is challenging a state law that allows mail ballots to be received after Election Day, a decision that would let him proceed with a potentially explosive lawsuit that lower courts had rejected.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a challenge on free speech grounds to a Colorado law banning psychotherapists from conducting "conversion therapy" that aims to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Supreme Court declined to hear Apache Stronghold's case a second time, but more cases are still on lower-court dockets.