“Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court promoting race bias in election districting?”
Lyle Denniston on Justice Thomas’s dissent in yesterday’s Supreme Court Alabama redistricting decision.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Fair-weather color-blindness in the Alabama Redistricting Case?”
Interesting post from Rick Hills.
“Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Alabama Voter-Redistricting Plan”
Jess Bravin reports for WSJ.
“Supreme Court hands win to opponents of Alabama redistricting plan”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“SCOTUS Alabama decision may affect Virginia election maps”
“A Rare Victory for Black Voting Rights in the South”
Ari Berman on today’s Alabama case.
“Supreme Court Rules Against Alabama in Redistricting Case”
Adam Liptak reports for the NYT.
Albany County New York Loses Voting Rights Act Redistricting Suit
Opinion Analysis: A Small Victory for Minority Voters, or a Case with “Profound” Constitutional Implications?
[cross-posted at SCOTUSBlog.]
It is easy to read the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama as a mostly inconsequential case giving a small, and perhaps only temporary,… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Reverses and Remands 5-4 in Alabama Redistricting Case
The opinion and dissents are here. My @SCOTUSBlog case preview of Alabama case: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=220511 Argument analysis: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=221453 Opinion analysis coming at SCOTUSBlog.
“Constitution Check: Have voter ID laws survived a new round of challenges?”
Lyle Denniston writes for the National Constitution Center.
Wisconsin Voter ID Cert Denial Roundup
“Supreme Court lets Wisconsin’s voter-ID law stand”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Strict Wisconsin Voter ID Law”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.