“Courts Weigh in on Either Side of Voting Restrictions”
Important Trip Gabriel piece for the NYT on the latest flareup of the voting wars.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Court upholds Wisconsin voter ID law as SCOTUS mulls case”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.
Voting Cases on Today’s #SCOTUS Agenda
I expect an order from the Chief Justice (or more likely, the entire Supreme Court) today in North Carolina’s attempt to reverse a 4th Circuit ruling restoring same day voter registration and out-of-state voting in the state for this… Continue reading
“Black Voters May Carry Kay Hagan To Victory In November”
Another Error in Judge Easterbrook’s WI Voter ID Opinion
Following up on this post, a reader notes that Judge Easterbrook also writes in his opinion today:
“The Justices observed that a commission chaired by former President Carter had recommended the use of photo ID to verify a person’s… Continue reading
A Quick Reaction to the 7th Circuit Wisconsin Voter ID Decision: Horrendous
I am crashing on a number of deadlines before travelling, so I have only time for a brief reaction to the 7th Circuit’s opinion today on the merits rejecting the constitutional and Voting Rights Act section 2 challenges to Wisconsin’s… Continue reading
National Constitution Center Podcast on Voting Rights Fights with Jeffrey Rosen, John Eastman and Me
Listen.
In that interview, John Eastman pretty much suggests Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional unless it is read to require proof of racially discriminatory intent (kind of defeats the whole point of section 2 one… Continue reading
Question of the Day: Texas Voter ID Edition
So let’s say you are the federal district judge inclined to issue an opinion striking down Texas’s voter id law. Do you issue something now, barring its use in the upcoming election (raising the ubiquitous Purcell issue aside from the… Continue reading
Breaking: North Carolina Files Emergency #SCOTUS Petition in Same Day Voting, Precinct Voting Case: Analysis
I have now had a chance to read North Carolina’s 32-page petition (with an extensive appendix) asking for the Supreme Court to reverse an order issued by the 4th Circuit on a 2-1 vote requiring North Carolina to restore same… Continue reading
“Voter ID law in Wisconsin challenged”
Lyle Denniston reports for SCOTUSBlog. My analysis of the filing is here.
Breaking: Challengers to WI Voter ID Law Seek Emergency SCOTUS Order: Analysis
The challengers to Wisconsin’s voter identification law have filed a very strong and persuasive 26 page brief in the Supreme Court asking the judges to put Wisconsin’s voter id law back on hold for this election, regardless of what ultimately… Continue reading
The Challenging #SCOTUS Argument of Voting Rights Advocates on Last-Minute Election Changes
If, as expected, challengers to WI voter id law go to the Supreme Court seeking to stop the immediate use of Wisconsin’s new voting law for the election coming up in a few weeks, I expect their main argument… Continue reading
“2 New Limits on Voting in North Carolina Are Rejected by U.S. Court”
NYT reports.
My earlier analysis of this ruling is here. See also my Race or Party? How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere, 127 Harvard… Continue reading
NC Gov. McCrory Says NC Going to SCOTUS in Voting Case
News and Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory also announced plans to appeal the reinstatement of the two provisions to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I am pleased that the major parts of this popular and common sense bill were left intact and… Continue reading