Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Language Accommodations and Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act: Reporting Requirements as a Potential Solution to the Compliance Gap”

April 15, 2015, 6:35 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Matthew Higgins has written this excellent student note for the Stanford Law Review. Here is the abstract: Certain voters with limited English proficiency (LEP) are afforded affirmative accommodations under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Section 203’s provisions,… Continue reading

“Hillary Clinton has been outspoken on voting rights”

April 14, 2015, 7:52 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zack Roth for MSNBC.

“Opinion: Fayette at-large voting discriminates”

April 12, 2015, 1:28 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Leah Aden oped in the AJC.

“Do the Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County?”

April 12, 2015, 1:26 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Looks like a major empirical paper out from Morgan Kousser (forthcoming, Transatlanica). Here is the abstract: In June, 2013, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court brought to an abrupt and likely permanent end the most important provision of… Continue reading

“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Preserving the Nuance of a Suspended Section 5”

April 8, 2015, 7:34 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, at Hamilton and Griffin on rights.

No Surprise: #SCOTUS Refuses to Hear North Carolina Voting Case

April 6, 2015, 7:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is the order list and an AP report. The order is no surprise as the issue was whether the 4th Circuit erred in putting two parts of North Carolina’s strict voting law on hold for the 2014 elections,… Continue reading

House Republicans to Push Bill Declaring “End to Racism” in U.S.

April 1, 2015, 7:58 amelection law "humor", Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo: “In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision striking down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, a group of Southern House Republicans have put forward a congressional resolution declaring that ‘racism is a thing of the… Continue reading

Nick Stephanopoulos on the Alabama Redistricting Case

March 31, 2015, 7:15 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is a guest blog post from Nick Stephanopoulos: The rapidly congealing conventional wisdom is that last week’s Alabama redistricting case was no big deal. And the conventional wisdom is mostly right. The case confirmed the prevailing understanding of… Continue reading

“Supreme Court asks Virginia panel to reexamine redistricting decision”

March 31, 2015, 7:20 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Richard Epstein Endorses Justice Thomas Approach in Alabama Redistricting Case

March 30, 2015, 3:57 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, in “Wanted: A Color-Blind Voting Law.”

“High Court Sends Back Ruling on Virginia Redistricting”

March 30, 2015, 7:26 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: “The Supreme Court says a lower court must take another look at a ruling that said Virginia state lawmakers packed too many black voters into one congressional district. The justices on Monday said the lower court should reconsider… Continue reading

Atiba Ellis on the Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case

March 28, 2015, 4:00 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, at the Race and the Law Prof Blog.

“Court Sides With Challenge to Alabama’s ‘Racial Gerrymander'”

March 28, 2015, 7:20 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marcia Coyle reports for NLJ.

The Never-Ending Texas Redistricting Case Continues with New Briefing Order

March 26, 2015, 11:32 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The court wants to know the effect of the Supreme Court’s Alabama case on the Texas case. What’s the over-under on getting a final ruling before the 2016 election season starts?