Two Federal Suits, One State Suit Coming, in North Carolina
Ari Berman has the details.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“North Carolina governor signs extensive Voter ID law”
WaPo:
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Monday signed into law one of the nation’s most wide-ranging Voter ID laws.
The move is likely to touch off a major court battle over voting rights, and the Justice Department… Continue reading
“GOP’s Eric Cantor is Dems’ Unlikely Ally on Voting Rights Act”
“Texas primaries could be delayed again over redistricting”
“Texas on voting rights: It’s not about race, just politics”
Adam Serwer reports for MSNBC.
President Obama Mentions Voting Rights Act in Press Conference Today
From the transcript in response to a question on immigration reform:
So when I hear the opposition to immigration reform, I just run through the list of things that are concerned about, I look at what the Senate bill does,… Continue reading
“Texas: We Only Hate Democrats, Not Minorities”
Frank Wilkinson for Bloomberg View: “So, here’s the question the federal courts must decide: When the white party uses its legislative authority to undermine the brown and black party, is that a racial act or merely a political one?”
Persily and Mann on Shelby County
Nate Persily and Tom Mann have posted this paper, summarizing the recent Brookings conference on Shelby County.
“Texas moves to protect voter ID law”
Lyle Denniston (the only one apparently not on hiatus this week at SCOTUSBlog): “Repeating its argument that its controversial new photo ID requirement for Texas voters is now in operation, the state on Thursday asked a federal court in Washington… Continue reading
“Florida is already making it harder to vote, thanks to the Supreme Court”
“Texas Launches New Legal Attack On Voting Rights Act”
“After Shelby, Voting-Law Changes Come One Town at a Time”
Texas Ups the Ante in Fight Over Voting Rights Act, Betting on An Emboldened Conservative Supreme Court
I recently wrote in NLJ about AG Holder’s Texas-sized gambit: to get Texas covered again under a preclearance regime using section 3 of the Voting Rights Act. It’s a move that is risky both legally and politically, for reasons I… Continue reading
Only in America
Texas defends itself against claims it discriminated against minority voters by claiming it discriminated against Democrats (p. 19):
DOJ’s accusations of racial discrimination are baseless. In 2011, both houses of the Texas Legislature were controlled by large Republican majorities, and… Continue reading