Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual”

April 29, 2018, 2:48 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

BuzzFeed: The part of the manual addressing the Justice Department’s civil rights work was revised in March. In a section discussing enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, the new version removes previous references to redistricting and racial gerrymandering. The previous … Continue reading

“Texas’ Voter ID Law Does Not Discriminate and Can Stand, Appeals Panel Rules”

April 27, 2018, 8:00 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Manny Fernandez reports for the NY Times.

5th Circuit ID ruling … and the Texas redistricting case.

April 27, 2018, 5:02 pmelection administration, election law and constitutional law, redistricting, voter id, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

Earlier today, Rick noted the 5th Circuit’s opinion on Texas’s voter ID law. I agree with much of his critique of the court’s resolution of the section 3(c) preclearance issue. In my post on the Texas redistricting cases earlier… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Divided 5th Circuit Rejects Latest Challenge to Texas’s Voter ID Law, But Prospect for Further Litigation Remains

April 27, 2018, 2:14 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find a majority opinion by Judge Jones, concurring opinion by Judge Higginbotham, and dissenting opinion by Judge Graves in Veasey v. Abbott at this link. In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit… Continue reading

What is An Injunction? The Texas Redistricting Case at the Supreme Court and a Way to Duck the Merits

April 24, 2018, 4:11 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

It was somewhat of a surprise in September 2017 when the Supreme Court on a 5-4 vote blocked a three judge-court hearing an interminable Texas redistricting case from imposing final maps. The surprise came because the Court had not yet… Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Motions Panel Refuses to Enjoin California Voting Rights Act, Pending Expedited Appeal

April 24, 2018, 7:44 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Order: Filed order (RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MARY H. MURGUIA) Appellant Higginsons emergency motion for injunction pending appeal in 18-55455 (Docket Entry No. ) is denied. Appellants opposed request to expedite appeal No. 18-55455 is granted in part. The opening… Continue reading

“Seven years later: Why everyone is mad in the Texas redistricting fight”

April 22, 2018, 9:14 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Alexa Ura with the lede of the day (though this curtain raiser is a few weeks old): Everyone in the Texas redistricting fight is pissed off.

“Scalia’s Goal Of Unwinding Voter Protections Is Becoming A Reality”

April 22, 2018, 9:01 pmScalia, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[bumping to the top given the upcoming Tuesday argument in the Texas redistricting cases] I have written this piece for TPM Cafe. It begins: In a Supreme Court term already bursting with election cases, from two partisan gerrymandering disputes to… Continue reading

“Argument preview: Texas redistricting battles return to the court”

April 21, 2018, 11:51 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Amy Howe preview for SCOTUSBlog.

“U.S. Supreme Court wades into Texas political district fight”

April 21, 2018, 11:49 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Chuck Lindell for the Austin-American Statesman.

“Testimony ends in trial to determine if Dallas County discriminates against white voters”

April 20, 2018, 11:04 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Dallas News reports.

“‘We’ve been disenfranchised’: Republicans in San Juan County say redrawn voter districts unfairly favor Navajos”

April 10, 2018, 9:28 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Salt Lake Tribune: “I feel like we’ve been disenfranchised,” said Robert Turk, 57. It was the shared sentiment Thursday at the first GOP convention in San Juan County since a federal judge redrew the boundaries to give Navajos, who tend… Continue reading

“Elections in small Alabama city are unfair to black voters, Legal Defense Fund letter says”

April 8, 2018, 12:15 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

AL.com: The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is challenging the election process in a suburb of Birmingham, claiming it has kept blacks from being elected to local office and violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In a recent letter to… Continue reading