Want Some Background on North Carolina’s Tough Voting Law and How SCOTUS Opened the Door for It?
Read my Slate piece from August, Supreme Error: North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Law Shows Why the Voting Rights Act is Still Necessary.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“U.S. to sue North Carolina over new voter law”
AP reports.
This is a big deal. More to come.
“Southern States Are Moving to Tighten Voting Rules”
AP: “Emboldened by the Supreme Court decision that struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, a growing number of Republican-led states are moving aggressively to tighten voting rules. Lawsuits by the Obama administration and voting rights… Continue reading
3-Judge Texas Court, on 2-1 Vote, Allows DOJ to Intervene in Texas Voting Rights Redistricting Suit
You can find the order and Judge Jerry Smith’s dissent at this link.
There’s discussion in here of potential Texas bail-in under Section 3 of the VRA.
“A Moveable Court”
Pam Karlan in Boston Review on DOMA and the VRA.
“Officials: Voting rights legislation would have trouble passing Congress”
Gazette.net: “Despite the Montgomery County Council’s support for a resolution asking Congress to reinstate part of a federal regulation meant to protect voting rights for more Americans, such a measure would have a hard time passing into law, according to… Continue reading
“After ‘Shelby County’ Ruling, Are Voting Rights Endangered?”
Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez write for the NY Law Journal.
“Texas Voter ID Violates Voting Rights Act and the Constitution, Groups Challenge Law in Federal Court”
Brennan Center: “Today, the Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives (MALC) filed suit in federal court to block the state’s new voter ID law because it erects… Continue reading
“Plaintiffs propose trial schedule in Texas redistricting case”
“Voting Rights Act leading California cities to dump at-large elections”
LA Times reports.
This is the California Voting Rights Act, not the federal one.
“New Litigation Summary from CLC Describes Continuing Flood of Challenges to Campaign Finance Laws & Growing List of Voting Rights Cases”
Had My Election Law Students Take the 1963 Louisiana Literacy Test in Class Today
Nice introduction to teaching the Voting Rights Act. [Links]
“Take the Impossible ‘Literacy’ Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s”
I missed this great Slate exercise over the summer.
“Texas: Split Ruling Over Political Maps”
The AP reports: “A federal court said Friday that it would not delay Texas’ primary elections and ordered the state to temporarily use political maps drawn by the Legislature while the judges sort out a complex lawsuit.” The court… Continue reading