Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute over a school board seat deep in Louisiana’s Black Belt triggered one of the ...

Many presidents chafed at these restrictions. But when it came to major military action, they followed them. George H. W.

Strategic Retirements Hurt the Supreme Court. Term Limits Would End Them. Justices timing their exits to happen under a particular president undermines trust in judicial impartiality.

Most immigrants facing deportation are entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge, but their legal rights differ from ...