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  Democracy Docket 693K subscribers Apr 29, 2026 BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court just kneecapped the Voting Rights Act (VRA), a landmark civil rights law that restricted racial gerrymandering and racial discrimination in voting. Marc Elias is joined by Legal Content Editor Ashley Cleaves to break down the implications of this ruling and the impact it will have on voter representation. Subscribe to our free newsletters or upgrade to support our work: https://bit.ly/42wcKUC ---- Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy and independent standpoint. Covering election and voting litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy — access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law and more — also play out in Congress, in the Trump administration and in states around the country. As Trump and his GOP allies work to dismantle our democ...

Bloody Sunday Joyce Vance Mar 8 Today marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965. The Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, march for voting rights was halted by Alabama state troopers and sheriffs who tear-gassed and beat the marchers. A trooper beat Future Georgia Congressman John Lewis in the head with a nightstick. Given the brutality of the attacks, he was lucky to end up with a concussion. As serious as that was, it could have been far worse. The national press reported what was happening in Selma to the rest of the country. The outrage it generated across the country was a pivotal moment in the struggle for civil rights. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed later that year. It created federal protection for voters and outlawed the supposed literacy tests that kept Black people from voting if they couldn’t answer ridiculous questions meant to exclude them from participation in elections—things like how many bubbles there were on a bar of soap or how many jelly beans...

    06 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News WHY WE FEAR VERY BAD FUNDRAISING DAYS — It doesn’t take many good days of fundraising to pay all of RSN’s bills for the entire month. But a really bad day of fundraising just frays everyone’s nerves and kicks the can down the road towards the end of the month. Today is starting out looking like a very bad day of fundraising. Why? Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Amy Davidson Sorkin | Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor Warn of What's Really at Stake in Merrill v. Milligan. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker Sorkin writes: "On Tuesday, in oral arguments in the Supreme Court case of John Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al., Justice Elena Kagan asked Edmund LaCour, Jr., the solicitor general of Alabama, a question that offered a glimpse of where the current Court, and perhaps the country, may be headed....

  05 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News THE FUTILITY OF “EMERGENCY ONLY” CONTRIBUTING — We are blessed with supporters, readers, community members who sustain Reader Supported News month in and month out. But for some reason, only when it becomes clear that the organization is absolutely desperate. That’s something that we really want to move away from. For the sake of the organization and the community that we serve. In solidarity. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Andy Borowitz | Trump Furious at Herschel Walker: "Only a Loser Pays His Bills" Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Donald J. Trump has angrily withdrawn his support from the U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker because, in the former President's words, 'only a loser pays his bills.'" READ MORE The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the Voting Rights Act. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Nina Tot...