“U.S. Supreme Court wades into Texas political district fight”
Chuck Lindell for the Austin-American Statesman.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Testimony ends in trial to determine if Dallas County discriminates against white voters”
“‘We’ve been disenfranchised’: Republicans in San Juan County say redrawn voter districts unfairly favor Navajos”
Salt Lake Tribune:
“I feel like we’ve been disenfranchised,” said Robert Turk, 57.
It was the shared sentiment Thursday at the first GOP convention in San Juan County since a federal judge redrew the boundaries to give Navajos, who tend… Continue reading
“Elections in small Alabama city are unfair to black voters, Legal Defense Fund letter says”
AL.com:
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is challenging the election process in a suburb of Birmingham, claiming it has kept blacks from being elected to local office and violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In a recent letter to… Continue reading
“Does Dallas County discriminate against white voters? Trial on voting rights lawsuit to begin”
Gromer Jeffers for the Dallas Morning News.
Federal Court Enters Final Judgment Against Challenger to California Voting Rights Act, Teeing Up Full Appeal to 9th Circuit
Read the district court’s latest order in Higginson v. Becerra.
This is a serious challenge. The challenger’s lawyer is William Consovoy, the lawyer who argued the Evenwel v. Abbott case on one person, one vote at the Supreme Court and… Continue reading
“What Has 25 Years of Racial Gerrymandering Doctrine Achieved?”
Mike Pitts has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, UC Irvine Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In 1993, Shaw v. Reno created a doctrine of racial gerrymandering that has now been in existence for 25 years. This Article examines… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Sherillyn Ifill, Pam Karlan, Debo Adegbile, Steve Mulroy and Me Talk Voting Rights at MLK50 Event
Speaking Monday in Memphis About Voting Rights 50 Years After MLK with Debo Adegbile, Sherrilyn Ifill, Pam Karlan, and Steve Mulroy
This University of Memphis/MLK 50 event should be outstanding, and especially the voting rights panel. I’m honored to be included.
I’ll be talking about this draft “Of Civil Right No. 1: Dr. King’s Unfinished Voting Rights Revolution,” which is forthcoming… Continue reading
“NAACP lawsuit seeks to prevent undercount of minority communities”
WaPo:
The NAACP said it is planning to file a lawsuit against the Census Bureau, the secretary of commerce and President Trump to force a more accurate count of minority populations such as those residing in Prince George’s County, Md.,… Continue reading
“Trump lawyer seeks to defend Texas political maps at Supreme Court”
Austin American-Statesman:
President Donald Trump’s top appellate lawyer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to argue in defense of Texas political maps that were found to be discriminatory by a lower court.
Solicitor General Noel Francisco… Continue reading
“Census to add controversial question on citizenship status”
Politico:
The 2020 U.S. Census will include a controversial question about citizenship status, the Commerce Department announced Monday night, a move that is set to spark outrage from Congressional Democrats, civil rights groups and liberal state attorneys general.
Critics have… Continue reading
“Mortality, Incarceration, and African American Disenfranchisement in the Contemporary United States”
David Cottrell, Michael C. Herron, Javier M. Rodriguez, and Daniel A. Smith have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
On account of poor living conditions, African Americans in the United States experience disproportionately high rates… Continue reading
ACLU Wins Voting Rights Act Section 2 Suit in Sumter County, Georgia
Release:
A federal court in Albany agreed with the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, and the ACLU of Georgia, that the Sumter County Board of Elections and Registration’s current school board district lines are… Continue reading