Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Continuing Constitutional Difficulties in Implementing the Voting Rights Act”
Ilya Shapiro:
Sue Evenwel is a citizen of the United States and of the state of Texas. She is a registered voter in Titus County and regularly votes in local and state elections. How is it, then, that Ms.… Continue reading
“Fifty years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ march, struggles endure in Selma”
“Cuts to Voting Rights Act calls for protest, trumps Selma celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson says”
“From Selma to Ferguson: 50 Years in the Struggle for Voting Rights”
Dale Ho at Bill Moyers.
“Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack”
“Kris Kobach stands by remarks made to radio show caller”
KC Star:
Secretary of State Kris Kobach stands by his comments to a caller on his weekly radio show Sunday that although he thought it unlikely, it would not be “a huge jump” for the Obama administration to call… Continue reading
“Why ‘Selma is Now’”
I have written this new essay for BillMoyers.com. It begins:
When singer-songwriter John Legend recently declared “Selma is now” at the Academy Awards, we could perhaps chalk it up to poetic license. After all, states no longer use… Continue reading
“The Hypocrisy of Celebrating Selma”
Russell Berman for The Atlantic.
Read the DOJ’s 5th Circuit Brief in the Texas Voter ID Case
“City Election Sea Change Santa Barbara to Initiate New District System This November”
News:
Although a few “i”s remain to be dotted and few “t”s to be crossed, the Santa Barbara City Council voted 6-0 to settle a lawsuit charging that the at-large elections City Hall has conducted since 1971 have yielded “racially… Continue reading
“Audio Links: Alabama Law Review Symposium on the Voting Rights Act”
Paul Horwitz:
This past Friday, the Alabama Law Review held its annual symposium. This year, the symposium marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. The speakers discussed its past, especially the civil rights activism–not… Continue reading
“Fifth Circuit Should Uphold Ruling Striking Down Texas’s Discriminatory Photo ID Law”
Brennan Center press release:
Texas’s strict photo ID law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was passed by the Texas Legislature with intent to discriminate, argues a brief filed todayin the Fifth Circuit Court of… Continue reading
“Texas Voters Urge Fifth Circuit to Uphold Ruling Striking Down Texas Voter Photo ID Law”
Release:
Today in Veasey v. Abbott, attorneys at the Campaign Legal Center, who serve as co-counsel for plaintiffs Congressman Marc Veasey, LULAC, and a group of Texas voters, filed a brief urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to… Continue reading