Michael Wines

G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.

The vote could play a big role in the future of abortion rights in Ohio. But it also raises questions about the power of ordinary…

The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been…

The court’s new majority will rehear two major voting rights cases decided two months ago. The rare move heightens the debate over partisan influences on…

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on a legal theory that holds that state courts cannot review their legislatures’ rules for federal elections, even…

In a North Carolina case, the court is being asked to decide whether to dramatically expand the authority that state legislatures have over election maps…

For decades, the courts and Congress have taken the lead in expanding the legal right to vote, but the founders never explicitly included it.

For decades, the courts and Congress have taken the lead in expanding the legal right to vote, but the founders never explicitly included it.

A Supreme Court shift, frowning on changes close to elections, gives House Republicans a big advantage in November.

Persuading judges to undo skewed political maps was never easy. A shifting judicial landscape is making it harder.