“State of Texas moves to dismiss voter ID litigation”
Texas Redistricting sums it up. (motion) … Continue reading
Category Archives: Department of Justice
AG Holder Speaks Out About Voting Rights
BLT: “This whole notion of voter fraud and the need to come up with photo ID to combat voter fraud is really a solution that’s in search of a problem,” Holder said today. Holder said there’s “no empirical evidence that … Continue reading
Fight in LA County Over Whether to Create Second Latino Sup. District; DOJ Uninterested
Bill Boyarsky explains. … Continue reading
“Eric Holder’s 2014 Racial Politics: The Attorney General tries to reverse a Supreme Court ruling by the back door.”
WSJ editorial. … Continue reading
“Eric Holder’s Big Voting-Rights Gamble”
Abby Rapoport writes for TAP. … Continue reading
“Hard Fight Seen for DOJ Against N.C. Voting Restrictions”
The National Law Journal reports. … Continue reading
Question About DOJ Complaint Against North Carolina
I’m wondering why the DOJ did not raise a constitutional claim in its complaint against both early voting and the wrong precinct provisional balloting issue. There were two important 6th circuit cases just before the 2012 elections coming out of … Continue reading
“Civil Rights Division Hit Hard in Justice Dept. Shutdown”
ColorLines reports. … Continue reading
“NC Republicans vow to fight US DOJ over voter laws”
AP reports. … Continue reading
“The Dishonesty of Voter ID Laws”
NYT editorial. … Continue reading
More North Carolina/DOJ Voting Rights Coverage
Charlotte Observer ABC News WaPo TPM NPR Buzzfeed MSNBC … Continue reading
Ari Berman on DOJ Suit Against North Carolina
Here. … Continue reading
Read DOJ’s Complaint Against North Carolina
Here. … Continue reading
“Justice Department Poised to File Lawsuit Over Voter ID Law”
NYT: The Justice Department is expected to sue North Carolina on Monday over its restrictive new voting law, further escalating the Obama administration’s efforts to restore a stronger federal role in protecting minority voters after the Supreme Court struck down … Continue reading
Speaking Oct. 24 and 25 in North Carolina on the Voting Wars and the Voting Rights Act
Details to come.
Want Some Background on North Carolina’s Tough Voting Law and How SCOTUS Opened the Door for It?
Read my Slate piece from August, Supreme Error: North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Law Shows Why the Voting Rights Act is Still Necessary. … Continue reading
“U.S. to sue North Carolina over new voter law”
AP reports. This is a big deal. More to come. … Continue reading
3-Judge Texas Court, on 2-1 Vote, Allows DOJ to Intervene in Texas Voting Rights Redistricting Suit
You can find the order and Judge Jerry Smith’s dissent at this link. There’s discussion in here of potential Texas bail-in under Section 3 of the VRA. … Continue reading
FEC Dispute over DOJ Cooperation Spills into Federal Court
Main Justice has this post. … Continue reading
Mississippi Democratic Party Asks DOJ to Observe Hattiesburg Mayoral Election
The AP reports here. … Continue reading
“Obama: ‘We’re Not Going To Wait For Congress’ To Act On Voting Rights Act”
Video from PBS News Hour interview. … Continue reading
“The Obama Administration vs. Texas”
Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune sits down with The Fix. … Continue reading
“U.S. v. Texas and the Strident Language of the Voting Rights Fight”
Andrew Cohen writes for The Atlantic. … Continue reading
“Obama’s Big Voting Rights Gamble”
David Nather reports for Politico. … Continue reading
“States, Justice Department girding for battle over voting laws”
McClatchy reports. … Continue reading
“Texas Minority Voters File Amended Challenge to State’s Voter ID Law as Justice Department Enters Fray”
See this press release. … Continue reading
Texas Voter ID Case in D.C. “Going Away”
So reports Michael Li. … Continue reading
“Holder Would Make Texas a Test Case Over Voting Limits”
NLJ reports. … Continue reading
“U.S. Is Suing in Texas Cases Over Voting by Minorities”
Charlie Savage reports for the NYT. … Continue reading
“Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voter ID Law”
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
More Analysis of DOJ Filings Against Texas
Zack Roth Lyle Denniston … Continue reading
And We’re Back to the “Messes with Texas” Headlines
The Week on today’s DOJ move. … Continue reading
“Eric Holder Sues Texas Over Voter ID. Here’s Why It’s a Long Shot.”
TNR reports. … Continue reading
Read the DOJ Complaint Against Texas
Here. … Continue reading
Will DOJ Seek Preliminary Injunctive Relief in Texas Voter ID Case? Will It Get It?
Remember this exchange from the oral argument in Shelby County? JUSTICE KENNEDY: Well, I — I do think the evidence is very clear that Section — that individual suits under Section 2 type litigation were just insufficient and that Section … Continue reading
Ari Berman on DOJ’s Texas Moves
Here, at The Nation. … Continue reading
A Few Quick Thoughts on DOJ’s Suit Against Texas on Voter ID and Moves on Redistricting
As I explained in this National Law Journal piece from a few weeks ago, AG Holder is trying whatever he can to make up for the loss of the preclearance provisions of Section 5. But thanks to the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ Sues Texas Over Voter ID using Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
Press release: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 22, 2013 Justice Department to File New Lawsuit Against State of Texas Over Voter I.D. Law The Department of Justice announced today that it will file … Continue reading
“Supreme Error: North Carolina’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins: Usually it takes years to judge when the Supreme Court gets something very wrong. Think of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the court in the 2010 campaign-finance case, Citizens United, freeing … Continue reading
Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas’s Wife, Interviews J. Christian Adams About Election Issues
See here. … Continue reading
“Kay Hagan Seeks Federal Review Of North Carolina Voting Law”
Reuters reports. … Continue reading
“Texas primaries could be delayed again over redistricting”
AP reports. … Continue reading
“How Far Will Justice Department Go Over Voting Rights?”
Stateline reports. … Continue reading
Texas shows Congress must update the Voting Rights Act
Thanks to Rick for inviting me to serve as a regular contributor at the Election Law Blog! Click here for my latest at The Huffington Post. An excerpt: “A recent court action against Texas is important, but it should not … Continue reading
“A Critical Look at Holder’s Texas ‘Gambit’”
WSJ Law Blog: Dusting off a little-used section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines last week when he asked a federal court in San Antonio to take back control of Texas’s voting rules. The move is … Continue reading
“Holder hopes defense of civil rights will be his legacy”
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
“Justice Department to challenge states’ voting laws”
The Washington Post reports. The final version of the NY Times story I linked to earlier is here. … Continue reading
“Voting rights enforcers shift focus after Supreme Court defeat”
Reuters reports. … Continue reading
“Decoding the Dispute Between the FEC and Its Lawyers Over Sharing Information with DOJ”
Fascinating post at In the Arena. … Continue reading
What is DOJ Telling Former Section 5 Jurisdictions?
Via Ryan J. Reilly: Section 5 submissions With respect to administrative submissions under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, that were pending as of June 25, 2013, or received after that date, the Attorney General is providing a written … Continue reading