Oral Argument in WI Voter ID Appeals Before 7th Circuit Reset for Feb. 24
The court postponed the original January date without explanation.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Understanding the Adoption of Voter Identification Laws in the American States”
Daniel Biggers and Michael Hanmer have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
Recently, many states have reversed the decades-long trend of facilitating ballot access by enacting a wave of laws requesting or requiring identification from… Continue reading
Sen. Sessions Noncommittal on DOJ Position on Texas and North Carolina Voting Cases; Agrees to Enforce VRA Section 2
Written questions from Sen. Leahy and Sen. Sessions’ answer in connection with his nomination as AG:
21. You claim to be a champion of the Voting Rights Act because you voted for VRA’s reauthorization in 2006. But aside from this… Continue reading
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Voter ID Case, But CJ Roberts Signals Review Likely Later
The Supreme Court declined to review the Texas voter id case today, but Chief Justice Roberts strongly signaled that the Court could well grant review when the case is fully complete in the lower court (and when, it is likely,… Continue reading
It Begins: DOJ Asks for Extra Time in Texas Voter ID Case Because of Likely Change of Positions in Case
DOJ has filed this request for a one month extension of a hearing in the trial court hearing the latest round in the Texas voter id case. The motion, which is opposed by the private plaintiffs in the case but… Continue reading
In Opinion by #SCOTUS Shortlister J. Pryor, Court Strikes 12 Alabama Districts as Racial Gerrymanders, Partial Dissent by Judge Thompson
In a 457 page opinion (including appendices) by Trump #SCOTUS shortlister William Pryor, a three-judge federal district court in the Alabama racial gerrymandering case has struck down 12 challenged Alabama districts as unconstitutional. Judge Myron Thompson, in a separate 120-page … Continue reading
#SCOTUS Does Not Act Yet in TX or NC Election Cases
Although the Court granted cert. in two cases today, no word yet on the Texas redistricting case (now up at three conferences) or the North Carolina racial gerrymandering case. There was a chance the Court could have acted on… Continue reading
“In Rare Move, Judge Says Pasadena’s Voting Rules are Racially Discriminatory”
I talked to Texas Standard.
No SCOTUS Action on Texas Voter ID Cert Petition Today
Stay tuned (docket).
Does President-Elect Trump Have an Interest in Working for Free Voter IDs?
From this NY Times story on tensions between the president elect and African-Americans, and a meeting with Martin Luther King III:
Mr. King said the session, which included a discussion about voting rights, had been “constructive,” and described Mr. Trump… Continue reading
Judge Imposes Preclearance on Pasadena, TX for 6+ Years, Putting Ball in Trump DOJ’s Court
I reported back on January 6 that a federal district court found that the City of Pasadena, TX intentionally discriminated against Latino voters in changing its city council districting plan. (For background, read Jim Rutenberg’s excellent NYT magazine piece,… Continue reading
“In Texas, a Test of Whether the Voting Rights Act Still Has Teeth”
Must-read Manny Fernandez in the NYT on the voting rights case in Pasadena, Texas:
Within days of the Supreme Court striking down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in June 2013, the mayor of this working-class industrial city set… Continue reading
Supreme Court, Granting 16 Cases, Says Nothing About Texas Voter ID Case: Tea Leaves
Here is today’s Court’s order.
What does it mean that there was no order on Texas, despite the fact that the cases was considered and then relisted from last week?
It could mean that as early as Tuesday (when the… Continue reading
Breaking: #SCOTUS Halts NC Special Elections Ordered after Finding of Racial Gerrymandering
In (what I consider to be) a surprising development, the Supreme Court has issued this order calling off special elections in North Carolina which had been ordered by a three-judge court following a finding of racial gerymandering. It is possible… Continue reading