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Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“The Price of Union; The Undefeatable South”
Nicholas Lemann writes for the New Yorker.
The civil-rights revolution, too, can be thought of as a bargain, not simply a victory: the nation has become Southernized just as much as the South has become nationalized. Political conservatism, the traditional… Continue reading
“Historic Voting-Rights Win in Alaska”
Indian Country Today:
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Alaska have jointly announced an agreement that requires the state to provide translation of election materials and ballots into Gwich’in and several Yup’ik dialects. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon… Continue reading
“Attorney General Paxton Asks SCOTUS to Declare Redistricting Attorneys’ Fees Award Unconstitutional Under Shelby County v. Holder”
Press release:
The Texas Attorney General’s Office today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Texas v. Wendy Davis, et al. to review and hold unconstitutional an award of attorneys’ fees to parties who challenged Texas’s redistricting maps. The… Continue reading
Texas Opposes Preliminary Injunction in Never-Ending Redistricting Case
Read it here (my earlier coverage).
“Fayette County, NAACP Enter Mediation In Voting Rights Suit”
Federal Court Denies Partial Relief in Wisconsin Voter ID Case
ACLU:
A federal district court today rejected a request to increase access to the ballot for Wisconsin voters. The American Civil Liberties Union sought to expand the list of acceptable identification to include IDs for veterans and students… Continue reading
Attn Chief Justice Roberts: Things Have Not Changed in the South as Much as You Think
Sam Hall in the Clarion Ledger describes how a Republican state legislator in Mississippi opposed a ballot measure because a “black judge” would decide its fate:
In a speech to the Tishomingo County Midway Republican Rally, Carpenter outlined his opposition… Continue reading
Tweet of the Day
Justice Don Willett (Supreme Court of Texas):
TX Redistricting Plaintiffs Try to Prod Dilatory Three-Judge Court
The Texas redistricting case has been pending before a three-judge court in San Antonio for a long time. The case was filed in May 2011. Supplemental briefs had been ordered, and filed, and…. nothing.
So now the plaintiffs have filed… Continue reading
“Civil Rights in a Desegregating America”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The law largely has overlooked one of the most important sociological developments of the last half-century: a sharp decline in residential segregation.… Continue reading
“Racially Polarized Voting”
Chris Elmendorf, Kevin Quinn and Marisa Abrajano have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Whether voting is racially polarized has for the last generation been the linchpin question in vote dilution… Continue reading
“Justice Department Called On To Investigate Alabama Voter ID Issue”
NPR:
YEAGER: At a press conference in Birmingham, the Reverend Jesse Jackson isn’t shy about what he thinks of the state’s move.
JESSE JACKSON: Of course it’s a new Jim Crow.
YEAGER: Jim Crow – he’s referring to the… Continue reading
“Jeb Bush and Ben Carson Split on Voting Rights Act”
NYT:
Saying that he wanted the Voting Rights Act to be protected, Mr. Carson told CNN: “Whether we still need it or not, whether we’ve outgrown the need for it, it’s questionable. Maybe we have. Maybe we haven’t. But… Continue reading