“In Going After Texas Voting Policies, Holder Takes John Roberts at His Word”
Garrett Epps writes for The Atlantic.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Shorter National Review: See Section 3 of the VRA is All We Need
Bloomberg View Editorial on Bail-In
Interesting:
This is hardly ideal. The executive branch is by definition more partisan (still) than the judiciary. At least the double standard that applied to so many Southern states under the old Voting Rights Act had the support of… Continue reading
“A New Defense of Voting Rights”
NYT editorial praising the DOJ “bail in” move against Texas.
“Holder fights to protect voting rights in Texas, North Carolina”
President Obama, Civil Rights Groups, Tom Perez to Meet on Voting Rights Monday
“Southern states gird for new fight on voter laws”
“McCrory not familiar with all of bill he’s to sign”
Must read AP story—the North Carolina governor doesn’t know about key parts of the bill he’s going to sign and can’t defend other parts.
“Obama is Right to Mess with Texas”
Alec MacGillis writes for the New Republic.
“Time to Mess with Texas”
Eric Lewis writes for The New Yorker.
“Eric Holder Takes the Fight for Voting Rights to Texas”
“North Carolina: First in Voter Suppression”
David Firestone blogs for NYT’s “Taking Note” editorial blog.
“And the Shenanigans Begin”
Must-read Joey Fishkin post on post-Shelby County developments.
Could Justice Ginsburg Really Have Believed Congress Would Fix the VRA in 2009?
Josh Blackman poses the question on Twitter following my earlier post. And I think this piece in American Prospect by Heather Gerken from 2009 shows the answer is yes, though it was a longshot:
Finally, it’s possible that the… Continue reading