“The Supreme Court May Soon Deal a Final, Fatal Blow to the Voting Rights Act; A vital tool in the battle against voter suppression is in serious legal jeopardy”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“‘Worth the Investment:’ Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions”
David Daley with the latest from the Hofeller files:
IN COURT AND IN PUBLIC, many top Republicans have denied gerrymandering gives them any advantage at all. They’ve captured state legislatures and won an edge in Congress, some have suggested, due… Continue reading
“Congressional Authority to Protect Voting Rights After Shelby County v. Holder”
The House Judiciary Committee held this hearing Tuesday with a great lineup of speakers:
Mr. Justin Levitt Associate Dean for Research Professor of Law and Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los AngelesLevitt Truth in TestimonyLevitt Bio… Continue reading
Deep Dive: “How a decade of voting rights fights led to fewer redistricting safeguards for Texas voters of color”
Worth your time from Alexa Ura.
Fifth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Affirms District Court Finding of Voting Rights Violation by Mississippi; Opinions to Follow
Brief order:
BREAKING: We secured a major #votingrights victory for Black voters in Mississippi. The 5th Circuit agrees with us—> It’s time to put in place a fair map for the MS State Legislature that will provide Black voters… Continue reading
Pleasant Grove, Alabama Voting Rights Lawsuit Settles with Cumulative Voting Remedy
AL.com:
A proposed settlement has been reached in the voting rights lawsuit filed against the city of Pleasant Grove alleging the rights of black candidates and voters had been violated by the city’s use of at-large voting.Court documents filed… Continue reading
“Despite A History Of Discrimination, Feds Won’t Oversee Redrawing Of Texas Political Districts”
Listen to my interview with Texas Standard on the 3-judge court decision to deny bail-in of Texas under the Voting Rights Act section 3c.
“Requiem for a Lone Star Bail-in”
Travis Crum at Take Care:
In a surprise decision, the three-judge district court overseeing the Texas redistricting litigation unanimously held that the State of Texas should not be “bailed-in” under Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act for… Continue reading
Breaking: In Major Decision, 3-Judge Federal District Court Unanimously Rejects Motion to Put Texas Back Under Federal Supervision over Voting, Despite Continuing Concerns About Texas’s Intentional Racial Discrimination
A three-judge federal district court, which earlier had found that Texas engaged in intentional racial discrimination against African-Americans and Latinos in passing its 2011 redistricting plan has refused to put Texas back under federal supervision for voting.
Before the Supreme… Continue reading
“Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Louisiana Over Discriminatory Maps for State Supreme Court”
“Mississippi Quotes John Roberts to Defend Its Racist Election Law”
Matt Ford for TNR.
“Mississippi: Election lawsuit is not about voting rights”
The
AP has a story about a lawsuit challenging the requirement for winning
statewide office that candidates win both a majority of the popular vote and
a plurality of the vote in the majority of Mississippi state house districts.
Redistricting using a citizenship count
Ari Berman adds his voice to discussion of the potential ahead.
“The Feds Have Helped Some Gerrymandering to Thrive”
A letter
in the WSJ claims that Eric Holder helped to lead the charge in Bethune-Hill, after
approving Virginia districts in 2011.
Consider me skeptical.
The letter appears to conflate preclearance approval (which focused on two
particular legal standards;… Continue reading