Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

More Ari Berman on the VRA and 2016

June 24, 2016, 8:07 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

The subtitle of his Rolling Stone piece claims “it’s easier to buy a gun than vote in many states,” though the link between Shelby County and new voting restrictions in swing states like Ohio and Wisconsin — neither of which… Continue reading

“Appeals Court Considers North Carolina Voting Law”

June 22, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Pam Fessler two-way with Audie Cornish on NPR.

“North Carolina Faces Tough Questions From Appeals Court on Voting Law”

June 21, 2016, 4:35 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brent Kendall reports for WSJ.

Listen to the 4th Circuit Oral Arguments in NC Voting Case

June 21, 2016, 10:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election”

June 21, 2016, 10:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

It’s a good piece by Ari Berman but terrible framing. Courts should strike down restrictive voting laws that make it harder to register or vote for no good reason, whether or not such laws affect election outcomes. And I have… Continue reading

“Appellate judges skeptical about North Carolina’s voter ID law”

June 21, 2016, 10:20 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Early report on oral argument from AP.

“Lawyers’ Committee Releases New Report Examining Voting Rights Restrictions Following 2013 Supreme Court Ruling”

June 21, 2016, 8:28 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) released a new report, “Voting Rights Communication Pipelines: Georgia After Shelby County v. Holder” – examining Georgia, one of fourteen states that was subject to… Continue reading

“N.C. photo ID, voting law heading to an appeals court”

June 20, 2016, 7:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: Far-reaching voting changes in North Carolina approved by Republicans three years ago and upheld by a federal judge now head to an appeals court that previously sided with those challenging the law on racial grounds. The 4th U.S.… Continue reading

“Shelby County v. Holder’s Biggest and Most Harmful Impact May Be on Our Nation’s Smallest Towns”

June 20, 2016, 10:11 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

CLC Blog.

Verrilli’s Regret

June 13, 2016, 7:28 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From must-read Adam Liptak exit interview with the outgoing SG: The loss he most regrets, Mr. Verrilli said, was in 2013, in Shelby County v. Holder, which effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.… Continue reading

“Democracy Diminished: LDF Releases Report on State and Local Threats to Voting Rights Three Years After Landmark Shelby County Decision”

June 13, 2016, 7:13 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released a report titled, Democracy Diminished: State and Local Threats to Voting Post-Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder (Shelby County), a detailed collection of state, county, and local… Continue reading

The Atlantic Talks Voting Rights with Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman

June 6, 2016, 7:19 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Interview.

#SCOTUS Will Hear Another Racial Gerrymandering Case

June 6, 2016, 6:39 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court this morning noted probable jurisdiction in the Bethune-Hill case, raising racial gerrymandering claims in state legislative elections in Va. The SCOTUSBlog page is here. Just a few weeks ago, the Court dismissed on standing grounds a… Continue reading

“Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law”

June 2, 2016, 5:53 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Sam Issacharoff has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract: For the first time in at least a generation, the central focus of voting rights law has returned to the issue of eligibility to… Continue reading