“Distance, language can still pose challenge to Native American voting”
Cronkite News reports (h/t Doug Chapin).
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Federal Court Rejects DNC Voting Rights Act Challenge to Arizona Rules About Counting Ballots Cast in Wrong Precinct, Prohibiting Most Collection of Absentee Ballots
You can find the 83-page opinion at this link.
Near the end of the opinion, the court rejects treating race as party proxy argument:
Based on the totality of the circumstances, Plaintiffs have not shown that the legislature enacted H.B.… Continue reading
ACS Phone Briefing Today: Judicial Gerrymandering? The Voting Rights Act, Judicial Elections, and Redistricting
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Judicial Gerrymandering? The Voting Rights Act, Judicial Elections, and Redistricting
May 2, 2018
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
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ACS Webinar
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In recent weeks, the North Carolina General Assembly has proposed redrawing the map of the… Continue reading
Roundup on Stories About Texas Voter ID Decision
Howard has it.
And see my earlier post on the case, which begins:
In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones, a divided 5th Circuit panel has not only held that Texas’s… Continue reading
“The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual”
BuzzFeed:
The part of the manual addressing the Justice Department’s civil rights work was revised in March. In a section discussing enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, the new version removes previous references to redistricting and racial gerrymandering.
The previous … Continue reading
“Texas’ Voter ID Law Does Not Discriminate and Can Stand, Appeals Panel Rules”
Manny Fernandez reports for the NY Times.
5th Circuit ID ruling … and the Texas redistricting case.
Earlier today, Rick noted the 5th Circuit’s opinion on Texas’s voter ID law. I agree with much of his critique of the court’s resolution of the section 3(c) preclearance issue.
In my post on the Texas redistricting cases earlier… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Divided 5th Circuit Rejects Latest Challenge to Texas’s Voter ID Law, But Prospect for Further Litigation Remains
You can find a majority opinion by Judge Jones, concurring opinion by Judge Higginbotham, and dissenting opinion by Judge Graves in Veasey v. Abbott at this link.
In what I consider to be a fundamentally disingenuous analysis by 5th Circuit… Continue reading
What is An Injunction? The Texas Redistricting Case at the Supreme Court and a Way to Duck the Merits
It was somewhat of a surprise in September 2017 when the Supreme Court on a 5-4 vote blocked a three judge-court hearing an interminable Texas redistricting case from imposing final maps. The surprise came because the Court had not yet… Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Motions Panel Refuses to Enjoin California Voting Rights Act, Pending Expedited Appeal
Order:
Filed order (RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MARY H. MURGUIA) Appellant Higginsons emergency motion for injunction pending appeal in 18-55455 (Docket Entry No. ) is denied. Appellants opposed request to expedite appeal No. 18-55455 is granted in part. The opening… Continue reading
“Seven years later: Why everyone is mad in the Texas redistricting fight”
Alexa Ura with the lede of the day (though this curtain raiser is a few weeks old):
Everyone in the Texas redistricting fight is pissed off.
“Scalia’s Goal Of Unwinding Voter Protections Is Becoming A Reality”
[bumping to the top given the upcoming Tuesday argument in the Texas redistricting cases]
I have written this piece for TPM Cafe. It begins:
In a Supreme Court term already bursting with election cases, from two partisan gerrymandering disputes to… Continue reading
“Argument preview: Texas redistricting battles return to the court”
Amy Howe preview for SCOTUSBlog.
“U.S. Supreme Court wades into Texas political district fight”
Chuck Lindell for the Austin-American Statesman.