Eloquence
On voting rights from Norman Lear.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
The GOP & the VRA: Frenemies?
A reader of the blog sent along a link to this article: How to Win a “Long Game”: The Voting Rights Act, the Republican Party, and the Politics of Counter‐Enforcement. Here’s the abstract:
ADRIENNE JONES and ANDREW POLSKY examine… Continue reading
The effect of Brnovich v. DNC on the intentional discrimination lawsuit against Georgia
Over at RealClearPolitics, I have this piece looking at the potential effect of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee on intentional discrimination claims, including the lawsuit recently filed by the Justice Department against portions of Georgia’s SB 202. Much of the… Continue reading
“21st Century Jim Crow” or Electoral McCarthyism?
This op-ed in The Washington Post, by John C. Ackerman, an Illinois county clerk, argues that calling the new state laws that cut back on voting opportunities “21st century Jim Crow” is a “vilification campaign” aiming “to smear Republicans… Continue reading
Report on the Georgia hearing; what’s next?
Washington Post summarizes. Given the Republican non-participation, this doesn’t sound like an effective strategy to overcome a filibuster. USA Today reports that Senate Democrats, essentially abandoning S1, will turn instead to VRA reform “this autumn”; if true, this presumably… Continue reading
Guest Post/Poem from A Wuffle (footnotes by Bernie Grofman): Countdown to (VRA) Renewal
You can find the full text from A Wuffle (footnotes by Bernie Grofman) at this link.
*This essay in poetic form was written in 2006, two months prior to the congressional renewal of the VRA renewal. It is reproduced exactly… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos Speaks Out on Brnovich
Calling it an “embarrassment” in this Q&A, Nick expresses views on the majority opinion in Brnovich that are much harsher than mine. Given the inherent ambiguity of section 2 as revised by Congress, and the genuine difficulty of applying… Continue reading
New Voting Laws Face Court Challenges Across the U.S.
WSJ reports on the recent explosion of election-related litigation but also the challenges lawsuits have in light of new rulings like Brnovich.
Good morning. Georgia on my mind.
Thanks, Dan, we so miss you at Ohio State, but are glad to reconnect whenever there’s an opportunity. Thanks, Rick, for this opportunity to join the ELB blogging team.
As I start, the Senate Rules Committee hearing today is top… Continue reading
“Postponed Weddings, Stockpiled Insulin and Covid: The Bizarre Life of Texas Democrats in Exile”
Politico Magazine:
[O]ver 50 state House Democrats … fled Texas on Monday to deny Republicans a quorum for a major new elections bill that has stirred backlash: axing pandemic-era practices to expand voting access adopted in a large Democratic-leaning… Continue reading
“Democrats are making headlines on voting rights, but little more to counter restrictive efforts by Republicans”
Dan Balz: “[U]ntil Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) agree to change the filibuster rules, Democrats are stuck, and the president’s rhetoric is mostly that, a call to action without the prospect of immediate action”
Senate Rules Committee Hearing on Voting Rights in Georgia
The U.S. Senate Rules Committee will hold a field hearing in Atlanta tomorrow, on Protecting the Freedom to Vote: Recent changes to Georgia voting laws and the need for basic federal standards to make sure all Americans can vote in … Continue reading
“How The Roberts Court Laid The Groundwork For 2021’s All-Out Assault On Voting Rights”
In TPM, an excerpt from Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner’s new book Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court. Here’s the last paragraph of the excerpt:
In 1989, in a dissenting opinion, Justice Blackmun made an observation that has… Continue reading
“From Qualified Immunity to Voting Rights, the Supreme Court Guts Civil Rights Laws”
David Gans: “the Supreme Court has decimated landmark federal civil rights legislation designed to protect constitutional rights, end racial injustices, and check state abuse of power.”