Nicholas Lemann writes for the New Yorker. The civil-rights revolution, too, can be thought of as a bargain, not simply a victory: the nation has become Southernized just as much as the South has become nationalized. Political conservatism, the traditional… Continue reading

Indian Country Today: The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Alaska have jointly announced an agreement that requires the state to provide translation of election materials and ballots into Gwich’in and several Yup’ik dialects. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon… Continue reading

NPR reports.

Sam Hall in the Clarion Ledger describes how a Republican state legislator in Mississippi opposed a ballot measure because a “black judge” would decide its fate: In a speech to the Tishomingo County Midway Republican Rally, Carpenter outlined his opposition… Continue reading

Justice Don Willett (Supreme Court of Texas):  

Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Law Review).  Here is the abstract: The law largely has overlooked one of the most important sociological developments of the last half-century: a sharp decline in residential segregation.… Continue reading

Chris Elmendorf, Kevin Quinn and Marisa Abrajano have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Law Review).  Here is the abstract: Whether voting is racially polarized has for the last generation been the linchpin question in vote dilution… Continue reading

NYT: Saying that he wanted the Voting Rights Act to be protected, Mr. Carson told CNN: “Whether we still need it or not, whether we’ve outgrown the need for it, it’s questionable. Maybe we have. Maybe we haven’t. But… Continue reading

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.