Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“U.S. Attorney reviewing voting rights lawsuit filed against Alabama”

December 3, 2015, 7:37 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Al.com: The top federal prosecutor in North Alabama says she is reviewing a lawsuit filed Wednesday by groups challenging Alabama’s law requiring people to present photo identification before they can vote. “We received a copy of the lawsuit … We… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court Splits 5-4 Over Extending Stay in Hawaii Election Case

December 2, 2015, 1:49 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court has just issued the following order in the Hawaii election case: The application for injunction pending appellate review presented to Justice Kennedy and by him referred to the Court is granted. Respondents are enjoined from counting the… Continue reading

Divided 10th Circuit Opinion on Attorney Sanctions in Voting Rights Case Out of Albuquerque

December 2, 2015, 11:56 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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“High Court Rejects Fee Dispute in Texas Redistricting Case”

November 30, 2015, 7:21 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from lawyers for former Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and others seeking $360,000 in legal fees after challenging state redistricting plans.

“Evenwel and Minority Representation”

November 24, 2015, 5:30 pmSupreme Court, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans: Next month, the Supreme Court will consider Sue Evenwel’s bid to change the way state and local governments draw election districts. Demanding that state and local governments across the nation change the way they draw legislative lines,… Continue reading

“Fee-Fight Fallout From Voting Rights Decision Reaches High Court”

November 24, 2015, 5:28 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marcia Coyle: Fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 blockbuster voting rights decision has reached the justices in two multimillion-dollar battles over attorney fees. If the high court agrees to step into either fight, the justices could be drawn… Continue reading

Stephanopoulos on Berman’s Give Us the Ballot

November 11, 2015, 7:13 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Over at the New Rambler: In his new book, Give Us the Ballot, journalist Ari Berman tells the story of these stirring moments, and tells it well. But unlike many civil rights chronicles, his account begins rather than ends… Continue reading

“Seeing Voting Rights Under Siege, Philip Glass Rewrites an Opera”

November 11, 2015, 6:51 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: Since the first version of “Appomattox” had its premiere in 2007 at the San Francisco Opera, many states have passed laws making it harder to vote, and, in 2013, the Supreme Courteffectively struck down the heart … Continue reading

Breaking: 3-Judge Court Keeps Texas Redistricting Plan in Place, for Now

November 6, 2015, 4:07 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

There has been a ruling, of sorts, in the never-ending Texas redistricting case challenging the Texas House and Texas congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act. The three-judge panel, which has been hearing permutations of this case for about half… Continue reading

“Attorney: Arizona voting maps don’t hurt GOP”

November 4, 2015, 6:50 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Arizona Daily Star: A Republican claim of bias in the legislative redistricting process does not stand up under scrutiny, according to an attorney for the Independent Redistricting Commission. In legal briefs filed at the U.S. Supreme Court, Mary O’Grady… Continue reading