Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Dignity and Discriminatory Intent: What the Marriage Equality Cases Tell Us About Voter ID”

June 2, 2015, 7:45 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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

June 1, 2015, 11:39 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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

May 30, 2015, 11:47 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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”

May 28, 2015, 2:27 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Stephen Davis on a Federalist Society podcast.

“SCOTUS to hear case that could set back Latino voting power”

May 26, 2015, 2:17 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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. “

May 26, 2015, 2:15 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

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”

May 21, 2015, 6:24 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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”

May 15, 2015, 8:06 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

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

“Sued If You Do, Sued If You Don’t: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as a Defense to Race-Conscious Districting”

May 8, 2015, 8:08 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Caroline Wong has written this student comment for the University of Chicago Law Review. Here is the abstract: To avoid liability for vote dilution in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, states officials sometimes engage in race-conscious… Continue reading

“Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival”

May 4, 2015, 8:09 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft Essay on SSRN, forthcoming in the Alabama Law Review‘s symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Here is the abstract: Like history, the racial gerrymandering cause of action has repeated itself, the… Continue reading