Steve Hill LA Times Oped on Cumulative Voting Settlement in Santa Clarita Voting Rights Case
Here.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Sensenbrenner: Protect our right to vote”
USA Today oped by Rep. Sensenbrenner: “I bristle when people on the right or left suggest there is a conflict between my support for the Voting Rights Act and voter ID laws. The former is possibly the most important civil… Continue reading
Section 2: Under Construction?
Rick linked, here, to an argument by Mr. Clegg and Mr. von Spakovsky about the proper construction of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The argument is predicated on the notion that it’s constitutionally questionable to construe section… Continue reading
DOJ Shifts Voting Section Priorities after Shelby County Guts Section 5
From DOJ’s budget submission to Congress (p. 44):
Because of the Shelby County case, the Voting Section’s work will necessarily shift to greater affirmative efforts to detect and investigate voting practices that violate federal law, to more affirmative litigation to… Continue reading
On the Road to Arguing for the Unconstitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
I’ve been sounding this alarm for a while, beginning with leading up to the Shelby County oral argument. Opponents of the constitutionality of Voting Rights Act Section 5 made the claim, among others, that Section 5 was no longer necessary… Continue reading
“Legal Center Warns Jasper, Texas that Proposed Annexations Could Lead to Violations of Voting Rights Act”
“Free at Last: Rejecting Equal Sovereignty and Restoring the Constitutional Right to Vote: Shelby County v. Holder”
James Blacksher and Lani Guinier have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Harvard Law and Policy Review). Here is the abstract:
The “equal sovereignty” principle the Supreme Court majority relied on in Shelby County v. Holder to strike down the… Continue reading
Roll Call on Whether Cantor Will Support New Voting Rights Act
Cantor Non-Committal, Hoyer Optimistic, on VRAA Bill
Cantor is the key player in the House on whether we will see a legislative response to fix the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court hobbled a key provision last June in the Shelby County case.
“Santa Clarita Votes To Settle California Voting Rights Act Lawsuit”
And cumulative voting is in the mix.
“Protecting Voting Rights in Alabama”
NAACP LDF:
As part of our efforts to protect the right to vote across the country, LDF’s Political Participation Group wrote a letter to the Alabama Secretary of State, Jim Bennett, urging him to allow thousands of people to… Continue reading
Senator Ted Cruz Distorts Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Holding
By all indications Sen.Ted Cruz is a brilliant lawyer. So I take his mischaracterizing of the Supreme Court’s Shelby County case as being disingenuous and not simply misguided. Sen. Cruz writes:
It is disturbing that new efforts are being made… Continue reading
“Harkin: DOJ Civil Rights Nominee Would Have Been Confirmed If He Was White”
HuffPo reports. I have no doubt about that.
James O’Keefe Goes After Sensenbrenner on Provisions of Voting Rights Act Amendments
See J. Christian Adams in the National Review.