Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Commentaries: The Congressional Response to Shelby County”

April 14, 2014, 10:09 pmVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

The Harvard Law Review Forum has posted Dismissing Deterrence The VRAA’s proposed preclearance regime would still be vulnerable to attack By Ellen D. Katz Read More Voting Rights Law and Policy in Transition Activists ought not settle for the valiant… Continue reading

Updated/Final Versions of Some of My Articles on Campaign Finance, Voting Rights

April 14, 2014, 3:29 pmcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’ve posted an updated version, including a short discussion of McCutcheon, of Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War over Coordination, forthcoming in the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy. I have posted the final version… Continue reading

WSJ Profiles Travis Crum and His Yale Piece on the VRA Pocket Trigger

April 13, 2014, 7:52 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“Has the Roberts court placed landmark 1964 civil rights law on a hit list?”

April 11, 2014, 7:47 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Extensive CNN report.

“How the Supreme Court Blowtorched Democracy and What You Can Do About It”

April 10, 2014, 2:08 pmcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Nation editorial.

Harvard Law and Policy Review Publishes Symposium Issue: Elections In America

April 9, 2014, 7:53 pmcampaign finance, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Volume 8-1 of the HLPR. Symposium: Elections in America Foreword, Congressman John P. Sarbanes & Raymond O’Mara III Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform, Richard L. Hasen Free at Last: Rejecting … Continue reading

“Clinton: Voting limits derail civil rights”

April 9, 2014, 7:24 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This time it’s Bill. Here’s the video of the President talking about Shelby County. He seems to say that he wants to use social security cards as id.

“Formulating Voting Rights Act Remedies to Address Current Conditions”

April 9, 2014, 12:23 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Barry Edwards has written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down a key component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) closes one of the most successful chapters… Continue reading

“Addressing Minority Vote Dilution Through State Voting Rights Acts”

April 9, 2014, 12:12 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Paige Epstein has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Passed largely to address the problem of vote dilution and racially polarized voting, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) bans racial discrimination in voting practices by federal,… Continue reading

Two Panels on Voting Rights May 2 at LA Law Library as Part of Law Week

April 8, 2014, 7:00 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Looking forward to participating in this:

“Shelby and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights Act’s Pocket Trigger to Protect Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder”

April 8, 2014, 12:51 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Paul Wiley has posted this draft student note on SSRN (forthcoming, Washington and Lee Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder presents voting rights advocates with a difficult challenge: finding an effective… Continue reading

“Democrats, civil rights groups push for action on voting rights bill”

April 7, 2014, 4:32 pmVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Gannett reports.

From the Man Who Brought You Shelby County, NAMUDNO, and Fisher…

April 7, 2014, 7:30 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

…comes a new attack on affirmative action at universities.

“After Shelby County: Getting Section 2 of the VRA to Do the Work of Section 5”

March 26, 2014, 12:56 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Chris Elmendorf and Doug Spencer have written an important new paper that voting rights folks need to read: Until the Supreme Court put an end to it in Shelby County v. Holder, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was… Continue reading