Hillary Clinton’s Focus on Voting Rights and Campaign Finance
Detailed on her web page here.
David Donnelly sees “weak tea” so far.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Big News: Changes Made to North Carolina Voter ID Law
Press release via email from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice:
On the eve of trial in the legal challenge to North Carolina’s oppressive Voter ID law, the General Assembly has capitulated, voting overwhelmingly in both houses to allow qualified… Continue reading
“The fight to strengthen Voting Rights Act is not over yet”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.
“Under Threat of Lawsuit, Garden Grove Inches Toward District Elections”
“The False Promise of Black Political Representation; Record numbers of African Americans hold elective office, but the policy preferences of black voters remain unlikely to be enacted.”
Nick Stephanopoulos for The Atlantic.
“Race, Federalism, and Voting Rights”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Court struck down an important provision of the Voting Rights Act, section 4, on federalism grounds. The Court argued… Continue reading
“Dignity and Discriminatory Intent: What the Marriage Equality Cases Tell Us About Voter ID”
Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Chicago Legal Forum). here is the abstract:
Two years after Shelby County v. Holder and United States v. Windsor, a good deal of litigation has addressed the legality of… Continue reading
Ed Blum Hints He’ll Be Done After Trying to Knock Out Affirmative Action, Voting Rights Act, and One Person, One Vote
TPM:
Evenwel v. Abbott is the culmination of Blum’s decades long effort to take on racially-influenced redistricting, having failed twice before with “one person, one vote” cases that stopped at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. It is expected to be… Continue reading
Call for Papers – Voting Rights Act Symposium
From the Cumberland Law Review:
The Cumberland Law Review is doggedly searching for articles, insights, and ideas that implicate a subject that we believe our journal is uniquely situated (and arguably obligated) to explore: a sort of retrospective of the… Continue reading
“Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama – Post-Decision SCOTUScast”
Stephen Davis on a Federalist Society podcast.
“SCOTUS to hear case that could set back Latino voting power”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.
One interesting question is how any rule in Evenwel would match up with requirements of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“The Man Behind the Newest Supreme Court Voting Case; Justices agree to review ‘one person, one vote’ doctrine in Texas redistricting case. “
Tony Mauro
Edward Blum, the mastermind behind successful U.S. Supreme Court challenges to affirmative action and the federal Voting Rights Act, has done it again—this time, in a case that could reshape the way voting districts are drawn nationwide.
“Department of Justice Proposes Legislation to Improve Access to Voting for American Indians and Alaska Natives”
Press release:
Today the Department of Justice proposed legislation that would require states or localities whose territory includes part or all of an Indian reservation, an Alaska Native village, or other tribal lands to locate at least one polling… Continue reading
“Voting Rights for Whom? Examining the Effects of the Voting Rights Act on Latino Political Incorporation”
Melissa Marschall and Amanda Rutherford have written this article for AJPS. Here is the abstract:
This study applies insights from principal-agent models to examine whether and how the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act, Sections 203 and 4(f)(4),… Continue reading