“The Voting Rights Act May Be Coming Back From the Dead”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Pasadena, TX: “Latinos in heavily segregated city see limited success in pivotal Texas election”
The Guardian:
Pasadena was one of the first places in the country to be placed back under federal supervision after that 2013 ruling. So Saturday’s mayoral and city council elections were keenly watched by civil rights advocates.
Those hoping Pasadena… Continue reading
What To Look for When the Supreme Court Decides the North Carolina Redistricting Case
The Court has already decided one major racial redistricting case this Term, Bethune-Hill, from Virginia. The other major racial redistricting case, Cooper v. Harris, from North Carolina, is now one of three cases outstanding the longest since argument. Cooper involves… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman on Texas Voter ID Law, and Its Flawed Implementation
Spoiler alert: Texas does not look good.
“Voting Rights on Trial on the Bayou”
The Atlantic:
In the half-century since the parish moved to an at-large system, only one black judge, Juan Pickett, has ever been elected to the 32nd District Court. That he ran unopposed has been taken by state officials as proof… Continue reading
“Ahead of 2018, trial likely looms in Texas political map battle”
Texas Tribune:
As the 2018 election cycle nears, it appears Texas and its legal foes are headed for a trial — yet again — over what the state’s House and congressional boundaries will look like, and it will likely come… Continue reading
“Recent rulings that Texas’ voting laws discriminate put pressure on the state, but the road ahead is long”
“Lawsuit: 2015 Redistricting Violated Black Voters’ Rights”
AP:
Georgia lawmakers violated federal voting rights law by moving black voters out and white voters in to two state House districts in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that calls the mid-decade redistricting an effort to protect white… Continue reading
“Court: Texas House map intentionally diluted minority votes”
Breaking: Divided District Court Finds Texas Engaged in Intentional Race Discrimination in Drawing TX House Districts
The same three-judge court that recently held that Texas’s congressional redistricting violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act in drawing some districts has now issued this new decision and these findings of fact in relation to the challenge… Continue reading
“The Entirely Preventable Battles Raging Over Voting Rights”
Matt Ford for The Atlantic:
Four years later, a series of lawsuits and legal challenges in states formerly covered by preclearance suggest the country perhaps hasn’t changed as much as Roberts thought. Had the provision, Section 4(b), remained intact, it… Continue reading
“It’s time for the Justice Department to disown Texas’s discriminatory voting law”
Must-Read Lyle Denniston on the Coming Fight over Voting Rights Act Bail-in in Texas
Lyle:
Earlier this year, however, a federal trial judge in Houston, District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, became the first since the demise of Section 5 pre-clearance to impose Section 3 pre-clearance as a remedy for a discriminatory voting practice. That… Continue reading
“Gorsuch Arrives At The Supreme Court At A Crucial Moment For Voting Rights”
TPM:
Less then a week into the job, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have his first chance, behind closed doors at least, to weigh in on voting rights.
When the justices meet Friday for their private conference, the first… Continue reading