Boston Globe: The City of Boston’s new maps for City Council have been enjoined and must be redrawn before the November elections.
“’Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success in showing that race played a predominant role in the… Continue reading
WaPo reports:
Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her name be left… Continue reading
Crosscut reviews adjustments to Washington’s state Voting Rights Act. These state VRAs are likely to become increasingly important – and as a bonus, are often more amenable to tweaks and updates than federal laws seem to be.
You can find the decision authored by Judge William Pryor, and a one-paragraph dissent from Judge Jill Pryor, at this link. (The very short dissent is quite curious.)
From the majority opinion:
This appeal involves four recently enacted provisions… Continue reading
I failed to blog about this opinion that was released last fall (in October), Simpson v. Hutchinson. A three-judge district court issued the decision, Circuit Judge Stras, joined by District Judges Marshall and Moody. The court dismissed the complaint… Continue reading
AP:
President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced… Continue reading
Hansi Lo Wang for NPR:
The roots of the next potential U.S. Supreme Court showdown that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act’s protections against racial discrimination can be traced to a handful of sentences by Justice Neil Gorsuch.… Continue reading
Mississippi Free Press:
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state’s congressional maps are racially gerrymandered. The decision affirms that Mississippi is no longer required to get federal preclearance for… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Ellen Katz, part of the #ELB20th Anniversary retrospective:
Don’t Change A Thing?
I found myself humming this early 80s INXS song shortly after receiving Rick’s kind invitation to post something marking the… Continue reading