Texas Tribune:
A voting rights bill introduced in Congress last week would subject Texas elections to new levels of federal scrutiny, but it would not invalidate the state’s controversial 2011 voter photo ID law that helped inspire it….
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The case is Harris [corrected] v. AZ Redistricting Commission (14-232) and the three questions presented (in the jurisdictional statement) deal with one person, one vote deviations to satisfy partisan advantage, deviations from one person one vote for partisan advantage… Continue reading
This morning on a 5-4 vote the Supreme Court upheld the use of a disparate impact test in a fair housing case. Justice Kennedy wrote the opinion, joined by the Court’s four liberals and over four dissenting Justices.
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Ari Berman:
In a statement to The Nation, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the lead GOP sponsor of the 2006 VRA reauthorization and the 2014 VRAA bill, reiterated his support for the VRA but declined to endorse the new bill.… Continue reading
“The fact of the matter is we have a Voting Rights Act; it is very strong.”
–Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chair of House Judiciary Committee, explaining his opposition to an updated Voting Rights Act.
(h/t Zack Roth)
Ari Berman has the scoop on a new “Voting Rights Advancement Act” (not to be confused with the earlier “Voting Rights Amendment Act”) to fix what many see are problems with the Supreme Court’s gutting of the precelarance provisions two… Continue reading
Margaret Kwonka has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming 17 Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol’y 97 (2015)). Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder the Supreme Court invalidated key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965… Continue reading
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
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