Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Why Gorsuch could lead court in wrong direction”

March 20, 2017, 7:36 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Re-upping my CNN Opinion piece with the Gorsuch hearings beginning: Unfortunately, this approach obscures the fact that keeping the steady course with a conservative replacement for Scalia will be bad enough across a range of topics important to many Americans,… Continue reading

#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference

March 15, 2017, 3:23 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.) The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading

NC Private Respondents Oppose NC General Assembly’s Attempt to Keep Voting Case Alive in Supreme Court

March 11, 2017, 8:55 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Opposition.

Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision

March 11, 2017, 10:27 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Last night I linked to the extensive ruling and findings of fact and conclusions of law in a very long-running dispute about whether Texas’s congressional districting were a violation of the Voting Rights Act and/or the Constitution. I have now… Continue reading

Breaking: District Court, Splitting 2-1, Finds Some Texas Congressional Districts Violate Voting Rights Act or Constitution

March 10, 2017, 8:03 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The long awaited lengthy opinion on the congressional plan, with a dissent by Judge Smith, is here. The numerous findings of fact and conclusions of law are here. (The court has not released findings yet on the state… Continue reading

NC Gov, AG File Reply Brief Arguing #SCOTUS Should Dismiss Cert. Petition in Controversial Voting Case

March 10, 2017, 7:09 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brief: All of the petitioners in this case have moved to withdraw the pending petition. Thus, under normal operation of this Court’s rules, the petition should be dismissed. See S. Ct. R. 46.2(a). Seeking to derail this ministerial process, the… Continue reading

“Ga. Republican Redistricting Plan Called ‘Blatant’ Power Grab”

March 8, 2017, 5:21 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WABE: Thousands of metro Atlanta voters would find themselves in different state House districts under a Republican plan that Democrats allege reduces the influence of minority voters. Similar moves in other states have been challenged in federal courts, according to… Continue reading

“Breaking down barriers for black Terrebonne Parish voters”

March 8, 2017, 8:22 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marc Morial has written this oped for Nola.com.

“Patrons Walk Out As Ala. Official Pushes Voter ID At Selma Anniversary Service”

March 5, 2017, 8:16 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

TPM: After Alabama’s Secretary of State John Merrill promoted the state’s voter ID law at a church service held Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of a civil rights milestone in Selma, patrons walked out. The service at Brown Chapel African… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Decides Bethune-Hill, the VA Racial Gerrymandering Case

March 1, 2017, 7:07 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy (joined by the Court’s liberals and Chief Justice Roberts) has affirmed in part and reversed in part the Virginia racial gerrymandering case, Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Board of Elections . Justice… Continue reading

Marc Joseph Stern Dispatch from Texas Voter ID Hearing Said It Went Well for Plaintiffs, Despite DOJ Flip

February 28, 2017, 4:44 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read at Slate.

I Talked to Texas Standard About DOJ’s About-Face on Texas’s Voter ID Law

February 28, 2017, 2:17 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter initiatives, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen.

“Justice Department asks court to dismiss claim of discrimination in Texas voter ID case”

February 28, 2017, 7:15 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.

“Justice Dept. Drops a Key Objection to a Texas Voter ID Law”

February 27, 2017, 6:12 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Manny Fernandez and Eric Licthblau in the NYT: The Justice Department remains a party in the case. But it is pulling back at a crucial phase. If a judge finds the state acted with discriminatory intent, as the Justice Department… Continue reading

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