“Redistricting Could Have the Most Disparate Effect”
Nick Stephanopoulos’s contribution to NYT’s Room for Debate forum on the future of the Voting Rights Act is now up.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Appellate Panel Says Texas ID Law Broke U.S. Voting Rights Act”
Erik Eckholm reports for the NYT.
“Court: Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act”
Press Statement from TX AG Fails to Acknowledge 5th Circuit Held Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act
Weird.
Attorney General Paxton Statement on Voter ID Ruling
Texas’ Voter ID Law to Remain in Effect
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today released the following statement on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: 5th Circuit Affirms Texas Voter ID Violates Section 2, Remands on Question of Discriminatory Purpose
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A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion which is a great (but not complete) victory for those challenging Texas’s strict voter id law. The court affirms… Continue reading
“Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn But with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists”
I have posted this draft on SSRN. It is still an early draft. Comments welcome! Here is the abstract:
The first decade of election law cases at the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roberts brought election law… Continue reading
“The Voting Rights Act at 50”
“Does America need to restore the Voting Rights Act?”
Stephanie Condon writes for CBS News.
“Ensuring Voting Rights in the 21st Century”
NYT Room for Debate asks what’s next on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Contributions:
DEBATERS
Change from the Grass Roots
GUY-URIEL CHARLES, DUKE UNIVERSITY AND LUIS FUENTES-ROHWER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
The Law Worked, and Now It’s Time to … Continue reading
“The Voting Rights Act and the Second Redemption”
Kermit Roosevelt at Constitution Daily.
“Slim turnout expected in next month’s NC primaries”
Charlotte Observer:
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sunday’s New York Times Magazine made North Carolina the focus for a sweeping cover story on the 1965 law and the struggle both to create it and… Continue reading
“Obama to call for Voting Rights Act restoration on law’s anniversary”
“Let’s keep the Voting Rights Act focused on actual racial discrimination”
Roger Clegg at Constitution Daily.
“The Voting Rights Act at a Crossroads”
I have written this piece for the National Constitution Center’s Constitution Daily. It begins:
Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in the United… Continue reading