Allowing a Democratic Justice Department to enforce minorities' preferences for Democratic members of Congress could be disastrous for Republicans.

On March 1, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving the Texas congressional redistricting plan.

Section 5 has degenerated into an unworkable, unfair, and unconstitutional mandate that is bad for our two political parties, bad for race relations, and bad for our body politic.

How will Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act affect minority voting?

Democrats are delighted with what Mr. Jeffords hath wrought, however it conceivably robs them of their best issue for the 2002 congressional elections.

The pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act was essential in 1965.Now it is no longer necessary, and the racial and partisan ends for which it is used are not inour interest.

Government memos leaked to the press are nothing new in Washington, yet they can still command a front page, above-the-fold headline.

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act has been distorted to ensure that racial considerations are heavily weighted in drawing electoral maps.