Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Sensenbrenner: Congress should reauthorize modern Voting Rights Act”
Rep. Sensenbrenner oped:
In response to this ruling, I introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act in 2015, and reintroduced it again last week with my Democratic colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. Among other things, the bill modernizes the original… Continue reading
“The 2016 U.S. Voting Wars: From Bad to Worse”
I have posted this new draft on SSRN (for the pre-APSA event, Protecting Electoral Security and Voting Rights: The 2016 U.S. Elections in Comparative Perspective). Here is the abstract:
If the “voting wars” which have broken out across the… Continue reading
The Road to Put Texas Back under Federal Supervision for Voting Just Got Longer
There are two federal courts considering whether or not Texas should be “bailed back” into preclearance coverage under Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act. That section lets a court in its discretion put a state under federal supervision for… Continue reading
“Race, Representation, and the Voting Rights Act”
Sophie Schuit and Jon Rogowski have written this article for AJPS. Abstract:
Despite wide scholarly interest in the Voting Rights Act, surprisingly little is known about how its specific provisions affected Black political representation. In this article, we draw on… Continue reading
“Voting rights battle in Pasadena could have Texas-wide legal ramifications”
Texas Tribune:
And that’s where the case comes back to Wheeler’s name.
Heath points out that four candidates preferred by Hispanic voters prevailed in the 2015 elections — the only contests held under the 6-2 map. Among them was Wheeler,… Continue reading
“With 2018 election looming, Texas back in court over political maps”
Texas Tribune on the latest trial, starting today, in the never-ending Texas redistricting case.
“Texas Redistricting Back in Court”
Michael Li:
On July 10, a three-judge panel in Texas begins a week-long trial over the state’s congressional and state house plans. Here’s what you need to know.
Trump DOJ Opposes Plaintiffs’ Further Remedies in Texas Voter ID Case
DOJ’s position: Now that Texas passed a new law softening its voter id law, there’s nothing more the court should do. No need to find Texas acted with a discriminatory purpose, no need for an injunction, further judicial supervision,… Continue reading
“Yo Voté: Communities Scramble to Translate Ballots”
“As court scoldings pile up, will Texas face a voting rights reckoning?”
Texas Tribune considers whether the redistricting and voter id cases will lead to federal courts putting Texas’s voting rules back under federal supervision.
Supreme Court Could Agree to Hear WI Partisan Gerrymandering, Voting Rights Cases as Early as Monday
John Elwood for SCOTUSBlog’s “Relist Watch:”
his week we have five new relists, taxing even my prodigious ability to string transitions between questions presented. For people who have been watching the recent North Carolina election cases like Harris v. Cooper… Continue reading
“Guest column: We still need majority-minority judicial sub-districts”
Pascal Frank Calogero Jr. writes for The Advocate (La.).
“Will Supreme Court Cut More of Voting Rights Act?”
Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg BNA:
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2013 decision in Shelby Cty. v. Holder, Democrats have increasingly turned to another part of the Voting Rights Act, Section 2, to challenge what they see as restrictive… Continue reading