Following up on this post, here’s today’s docket notation: COURT ORDER filed [999904865] denying Motion to recall mandate [155]; denying Motion to stay mandate [FRAP 41(d)]. [155] Copies to all parties. And from the opinion, the 4th Circuit tries to… Continue reading

You can watch, listen, and read the transcript here.

I spoke to NPR’s Kelly McEvers on All Things Considered.Listen.

Tierney Sneed reports for TPM.

I have written this oped for the NY Times. It begins: Has the tide against restrictive voting laws turned? In the last few weeks, voting rights groups, in some instances working with the Department of Justice, have posted a series… Continue reading

Bob Barnes for WaPo.

Zack Roth for Slate: Some liberals are even starting to hope that a future Supreme Court—with a ninth member appointed by President Hillary Clinton—could overturn Shelby. It’s not impossible, but the idea isn’t on voting rights advocates’ immediate radar. Shelbyinvalidated… Continue reading

Release. Motion.

Rick Pildes and I were guests. Listen.

Today’s must read from Michael Wines in the NYT on what is still lost with the demise of Section 5 preclearance.

I spoke with NPR’s Michel Martin on All Things Considered. Listen.

In a 119-page opinion, a federal district court has struck a host of WI voting rules, including certain voter id provisions, as unconstitutional. Among other things, the court has ordered that expired but otherwise valid student id cards will be… Continue reading

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