Harvard Law Review Includes Texas Voter ID Case in Recent Cases in Feb. Issue
Read the Veasey v. Abbott profile here.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Why Bernie Sanders Needs to Talk About Voting Rights”
Jamil Smith writes for TNR
“De Facto Class Actions? Injunctive Relief in Election Law, Voting Rights, and Other Constitutional Cases”
Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
When a court holds that a legal provision is unconstitutional; inconsistent with, or preempted by, federal law; or invalid under an agency’s organic statute or a framework statute… Continue reading
“Does North Carolina voter ID law suppress minority votes? A federal judge will decide.”
“Voting Rights Challenges In the Wake of Shelby County”
“Ryan backs voting rights bill — but tells black caucus it’s out of his hands”
Interesting…
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told black lawmakers Wednesday that he supports new voting rights protections they’ve championed, but said he won’t bypass a committee chairman to move legislation, according to a Democrat who attended the gathering.
“He said… Continue reading
“Voter ID trial ends; decision is now up to federal judge”
Winston Salem-Journal:
It’s not clear when Schroeder will issue a decision. Attorneys on both sides can submit additional evidence until Feb. 11 and they have to file proposed findings of fact by Feb. 24.
“Federal trial on voter ID expected to wrap up Monday”
The latest from North Carolina.
“NAACP lawyers grill elections director in trial over photo IDs”
Winston Salem-Journal:
After four days of testimony, the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and the U.S. Department of Justice rested their case Thursday in a federal trial challenging North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting.
Their last witness… Continue reading
“Witness: Cultural differences cause photo ID headaches”
The latest from the NC voter id trial.
“Is North Carolina’s Strict Voter-ID Law Constitutional?”
David Graham for the Atlantic.
“Wisconsin professor questions NC legislators’ claims that Voter ID law aimed to prevent fraud”
Charlotte Observer:
Burden, on the stand for about two hours on the first day of a trial expected to last through the week, said he thought the elections law overhaul in 2013 and amended in 2015 would place a greater… Continue reading
“North Carolina Voter ID Requirement On Trial In Federal Court”
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