That important CQ story is now free, out from the paywall.

Here, at the Atlantic.

Zachary Price has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, NYU Law Review Online).  Here is the abstract: In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder (NAMUDNO), the Supreme Courtsuggested in dicta that federal legislation that treats states unequally… Continue reading

Erwin Chemerinsky has written this column for the ABA Journal on the Shelby County case.

USA Today: “Black elected officials from Alabama and some of the state’s most prominent civil rights lawyers are urging the Supreme Court to preserve key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in a case the court will hear… Continue reading

Justin Levitt weighs in in the online Reuters symposium on what should happen after a decision in Shelby County: “Where discriminatory democracies were broken and have not fully healed, local decisions on representation need a sturdy federal floor protecting race… Continue reading

It is behind the paywall here, but I will relink when it is freely available.  The writer, Amanda Becker, talks with Rep. Sensenbrenner over what would happen if the Court strikes down section 5 in the Shelby County case and… Continue reading

Lincoln Caplan has written this Editorial Observer column for the NY Times.

Via LDF: Full List of Amici Briefs Filed in Support of Respondent­Intervenors 1.   Covered Jurisdictions – States of New York, California, Mississippi, and North Carolina 2.   Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary – Reps. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., … Continue reading