Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Sept. 17 Live Event from Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Hammer Museum: “Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections”

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Very much looking forward to moderating this event (recording will be made available after the event): Sept. 17: Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections   Tuesday, September 17, 7:30pm PT at the UCLA Hammer Museum, (Recording to Follow)Co-presented with the… Continue reading

My Forthcoming Yale Law Journal Feature: “The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law”

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I have written this draft, forthcoming this spring in Volume 134 of the Yale Law Journal. I consider it my most important law review article (or at least the most important that I’ve written in some time). It offers… Continue reading

Breaking: Plaintiffs, Likely Fearing the Supreme Court Will Make Things Worse, Decline to Seek Supreme Court Review of Eighth Circuit Case Holding There’s No Right For Private Parties to Sue Under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act

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With today’s deadline, I have learned there will be no cert petition filed. This is a case from the Eighth Circuit that is wrong on the text of the Voting Rights Act, wrong on its history, and wrong on… Continue reading