The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold, at least for now, a ruling by a federal appeals court that could limit the power of the Voting Rights Act. In […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower-court ruling in a redistricting dispute in North Dakota that would gut a landmark federal civil rights law for millions of people. The justices indicated in an unsigned order that they are likely to take up a federal appeals court ruling that would eliminate the most common path

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented Thursday from the court’s decision to halt an outlier federal appeals court ruling that would have further limited the Voting Rights Act.