![The Le[e]gal Brief With Lee Merritt](https://newsone.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2026/01/17682414196103.png?strip=all&quality=80&w=1200&crop=0,0,100,630px)
Attorney Lee Merritt explains that while the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling is a setback, it only marks the beginning of a new fight.
By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has essentially authorized the South to disenfranchise Black voters with Jim Crow maps.
At this point in the series finale of the social experiment that is the United States of America, we all need to be like Justin Pearson.
Virginia’s ruling comes as several Red states have moved to redraw their maps in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act.
The DOJ is asking the court to change the rules so that it's unlawful to sue Trump in the first place -- something a totally innocent man would do.
The new map would divide Shelby County, Tennessee’s lone majority-Black district that includes the city of Memphis, into three separate districts.
The argument centered on the Supreme Court's decision to bypass a traditional waiting period before a ruling is formalized.
The case against Mifepristone is one of several moving through the 5th Circuit Court at the behest of anti-abortion rights groups and conservatives.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case regarding “geofence warrants,” which allow the government to access your data without telling you.
Voting rights advocates are calling for collective action and encouraging a reframing of how we approach elections and the work that comes after.
The Court's decision gave in to fake reverse racism claims, striking down a second Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana.
Under Kristi Noem’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security declined to renew Temporary Protected Status for 12 countries last year.