“The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Is a Poison Chalice for the GOP”
Interesting assessment from Joshua Green at Businessweek.
All posts by Justin Levitt
“Minority lawmakers: Voting Rights Act ruling a huge setback”
Politico canvasses some of the reactions.
Department of Regrettable Tweets
From Minnesota:
State Rep. Ryan Winkler has deleted and apologized for using a racial epithet in a tweet about Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.
“VRA majority is four accomplices to race discrimination and one Uncle… Continue reading
Shelby County and Texas
As usual, Michael Li breaks down the ramifications of today’s decision for all of the continuing controversy in Texas.
One of the curiosities: Texas redrew state and federal district lines in 2011. A DC federal court denied preclearance for those… Continue reading
Reactions to Shelby County: Joey Fishkin
Joey Fishkin weighs in, at Balkinization.
On the face of it, what the Court did today in Shelby County seems more modest than what it might have done. While it could have struck down Section 5 of the Voting… Continue reading
Reactions to Shelby County: the conlawprof blog
Plenty of thoughts from Steven Schwinn over here, at the Con Law Prof blog.
“A new VRA formula? Don’t hold your breath.”
Reactions to Shelby County: David Gans
Echoing a discussion running as we speak on the Election Law listserv, David Gans highlights the Court’s disassociation from constitutional text, in this USA Today column.
Reactions to Shelby County: Heather Gerken
Heather Gerken offers a eulogy to the preclearance regime, over at Slate.
The Supreme Court struck down the crown jewel of the Civil Rights movement today. Section 5 was the most powerful tool in the movement’s arsenal. Although I’m… Continue reading
Reactions to Shelby County: Rick Hasen
There will be more (much more) from Rick. (And I’ll keep this spot updated as I find them.) But just as a start, here he is (with David Savage, Ilya Shapiro, and Lani Guinier) discussing the case on Talk of … Continue reading
Reactions to Shelby County: Josh Douglas
Josh Douglas weighs in on Shelby County at Prawfsblawg:
Well, so much for strategic compromise. The Supreme Court ruled this morning, along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision, to invalidate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.… Continue reading
Obama and Holder on Shelby County
The President:
I am deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision today. For nearly 50 years, the Voting Rights Act – enacted and repeatedly renewed by wide bipartisan majorities in Congress – has helped secure the right to vote… Continue reading
Lots of good analysis of Shelby County
over at the NY Times site. Analysis of the decision, (to some extent) its ramifications, and (to some extent) potential avenues for Congress in the aftermath.
Includes, among other goodies:
Four Questions for Chandler Davidson
Four Questions for John Neiman… Continue reading
“Photo ID now required for voting in Texas”
From the Texas Secretary of State:
Texas Secretary of State John Steen today announced that photo identification will now be required when voting in Texas elections. His announcement follows a decision Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court that cleared… Continue reading