Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Read Wisconsin’s #SCOTUS Argument to Use Its New Voter ID Law This Election

October 7, 2014, 12:58 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here (via Josh Gerstein). The brief is pretty much in line with what Wisconsin filed in the 7th Circuit (although of course now it has the benefit of the Easterbrook opinion on the merits). It continues to lead with its… Continue reading

“Courts Weigh in on Either Side of Voting Restrictions”

October 7, 2014, 10:01 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Important Trip Gabriel piece for the NYT on the latest flareup of the voting wars.

“Court upholds Wisconsin voter ID law as SCOTUS mulls case”

October 7, 2014, 9:14 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.

Voting Cases on Today’s #SCOTUS Agenda

October 7, 2014, 7:33 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I expect an order from the Chief Justice (or more likely, the entire Supreme Court) today in North Carolina’s attempt to reverse a 4th Circuit ruling restoring same day voter registration and out-of-state voting in the state for this… Continue reading

“Black Voters May Carry Kay Hagan To Victory In November”

October 7, 2014, 7:24 amcampaigns, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

HuffPo reports.

Another Error in Judge Easterbrook’s WI Voter ID Opinion

October 6, 2014, 6:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Following up on this post, a reader notes that Judge Easterbrook also writes in his opinion today: “The Justices observed that a commission chaired by former President Carter had recommended the use of photo ID to verify a person’s… Continue reading

A Quick Reaction to the 7th Circuit Wisconsin Voter ID Decision: Horrendous

October 6, 2014, 2:45 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I am crashing on a number of deadlines before travelling, so I have only time for a brief reaction to the 7th Circuit’s opinion today on the merits rejecting the constitutional and Voting Rights Act section 2 challenges to Wisconsin’s… Continue reading

National Constitution Center Podcast on Voting Rights Fights with Jeffrey Rosen, John Eastman and Me

October 3, 2014, 9:51 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen. In that interview, John Eastman pretty much suggests Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional unless it is read to require proof of racially discriminatory intent (kind of defeats the whole point of section 2 one… Continue reading

Question of the Day: Texas Voter ID Edition

October 2, 2014, 2:45 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

So let’s say you are the federal district judge inclined to issue an opinion striking down Texas’s voter id law. Do you issue something now, barring its use in the upcoming election (raising the ubiquitous Purcell issue aside from the… Continue reading

Breaking: North Carolina Files Emergency #SCOTUS Petition in Same Day Voting, Precinct Voting Case: Analysis

October 2, 2014, 1:47 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have now had a chance to read North Carolina’s 32-page petition (with an extensive appendix) asking for the Supreme Court to reverse an order issued by the 4th Circuit on a 2-1 vote requiring North Carolina to restore same… Continue reading

“Voter ID law in Wisconsin challenged”

October 2, 2014, 10:52 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston reports for SCOTUSBlog. My analysis of the filing is here.

Breaking: Challengers to WI Voter ID Law Seek Emergency SCOTUS Order: Analysis

October 2, 2014, 6:20 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The challengers to Wisconsin’s voter identification law have filed a very strong and persuasive 26 page brief in the Supreme Court asking the judges to put Wisconsin’s voter id law back on hold for this election, regardless of what ultimately… Continue reading

The Challenging #SCOTUS Argument of Voting Rights Advocates on Last-Minute Election Changes

October 1, 2014, 7:34 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

If, as expected, challengers to WI voter id law go to the Supreme Court seeking to stop the immediate use of Wisconsin’s new voting law for the election coming up in a few weeks, I expect their main argument… Continue reading