Initially I predicted a summer hearing for this important and delayed case under the California Voting Rights Act. Then it appeared my prediction was wrong when the June oral argument calendar came out without the Santa Monica case.
Now,… Continue reading
Last month, I noted the dispute over whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act extends to legislation with a discriminatory purpose or only discriminatory effect. The Eleventh Circuit, in a case out of Florida, held that Section 2… Continue reading
The Fifth Circuit this week handed down its decision in La Union Del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott. This was a challenge to Texas’s SB 1 brought by organizations represented by the Elias Law Group. At issue was a discovery… Continue reading
So this prediction was premature.
The June oral argument calendar is out and the case is not on it. The court does not hold oral argument in July or August.
Stay tuned.
Yesterday, the Justice Department announced a proposed consent decree with Union County, New Jersey and its elections officials in a suit challenging the county’s practices with respect to the availability of election assistance and materials in Spanish for Spanish-speaking voters… Continue reading
Boston Globe: The City of Boston’s new maps for City Council have been enjoined and must be redrawn before the November elections.
“’Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success in showing that race played a predominant role in the… Continue reading
WaPo reports:
Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her name be left… Continue reading
Crosscut reviews adjustments to Washington’s state Voting Rights Act. These state VRAs are likely to become increasingly important – and as a bonus, are often more amenable to tweaks and updates than federal laws seem to be.
You can find the decision authored by Judge William Pryor, and a one-paragraph dissent from Judge Jill Pryor, at this link. (The very short dissent is quite curious.)
From the majority opinion:
This appeal involves four recently enacted provisions… Continue reading
I failed to blog about this opinion that was released last fall (in October), Simpson v. Hutchinson. A three-judge district court issued the decision, Circuit Judge Stras, joined by District Judges Marshall and Moody. The court dismissed the complaint… Continue reading