Republicans are waging a multipronged campaign against abortion shield laws in blue states, hoping to force the federal government to ultimately intervene. Legal experts say the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court wants to know if, by creating a second Black majority congressional district, Louisiana violated the U ...

The Supreme Court has decided to maintain existing legal protections across most of the United States, ensuring that, for the ...

The defense for a former Grant Parish ministerial leader accused in a child sex abuse case is seeking to have the judge presiding over his case removed.

The Voting Rights Act is quite likely dead given previous Supreme Court decisions under Chief Justice John Roberts, opines ...

The court’s steady effort to make the law an artifact of the past is of a piece with its broad expansion of executive power ...

As Texas attempts to redistrict its congressional seats, it could bring larger implications to Louisiana and the nation.

In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality. If ...

That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...

While the Voting Rights Act may be heading to its demise as a functional piece of legislation, it can still stand as a symbol ...

WASHINGTON - The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday was overshadowed by a risk the Supreme Court is close ...