Elie Mystal

The 1965 Voting Rights Act is the most important piece of legislation in United States history. It is the law that freed this country from apartheid.

I've spent most of the last 48 hours doomscrolling through people's reactions to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court.

The court has fast-tracked its decision demolishing the VRA, helping southern states redraw their maps before the midterms.

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent digs into blockbuster revelations about the lead plaintiff in the VRA case. Plus, the enduring Cult of Trump.

Virginia Democrats’ appeal to the Supreme Court to save their state’s new congressional map is a sad case in point.

Editor's note: This piece was written before the Louisiana v Callais decision removed the necessity to pretend that the Voting Rights Act mattered at all.

Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais , Republicans are aggressively moving to gerrymander away the Congressional Black Caucus and eliminate Black voting power in red states.

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent dissects Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary. Plus: the DNC’s autopsy report.

A federal district court struck down the state's new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

And it will be paid for with your tax dollars.