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Voting: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Voting,” part of the Civil Rights area.

53decisions
62%favorable to the petitioner
43%unanimous
20altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1950s8
1960s14
1970s10
1980s3
1990s3
2000s3
2010s8
2020s4

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)22
Fifteenth Amendment5
Twelfth Amendment2
42 U.S.C. § 1971 (Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts)2
Article II, Section 1 (executive power)2
2 U. S. C. §7; 2 U. S. C. §1; 3 U. S. C. §11
2 U.S. Code § 7 Time of Election1
National Voter Registration Act ,52 USCS § 205011

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Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error