Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Why Gorsuch could lead court in wrong direction”
Re-upping my CNN Opinion piece with the Gorsuch hearings beginning:
Unfortunately, this approach obscures the fact that keeping the steady course with a conservative replacement for Scalia will be bad enough across a range of topics important to many Americans,… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Schedules NC Voting Case Cert Petition, and Motion to Dismiss It, for March 31 Conference
The case is back on the Justices’ conference list. (More on the dispute and the delay.)
The first thing the Justices will do is decide the motion to dismiss the cert petition (put in by North Carolina’s governor and… Continue reading
NC Private Respondents Oppose NC General Assembly’s Attempt to Keep Voting Case Alive in Supreme Court
Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision
Last night I linked to the extensive ruling and findings of fact and conclusions of law in a very long-running dispute about whether Texas’s congressional districting were a violation of the Voting Rights Act and/or the Constitution. I have now… Continue reading
Breaking: District Court, Splitting 2-1, Finds Some Texas Congressional Districts Violate Voting Rights Act or Constitution
The long awaited lengthy opinion on the congressional plan, with a dissent by Judge Smith, is here. The numerous findings of fact and conclusions of law are here. (The court has not released findings yet on the state… Continue reading
NC Gov, AG File Reply Brief Arguing #SCOTUS Should Dismiss Cert. Petition in Controversial Voting Case
Brief:
All of the petitioners in this case have moved to withdraw the pending petition. Thus, under normal operation of this Court’s rules, the petition should be dismissed. See S. Ct. R. 46.2(a).
Seeking to derail this ministerial process, the… Continue reading
“Ga. Republican Redistricting Plan Called ‘Blatant’ Power Grab”
WABE:
Thousands of metro Atlanta voters would find themselves in different state House districts under a Republican plan that Democrats allege reduces the influence of minority voters.
Similar moves in other states have been challenged in federal courts, according to… Continue reading
“Breaking down barriers for black Terrebonne Parish voters”
Marc Morial has written this oped for Nola.com.
“Patrons Walk Out As Ala. Official Pushes Voter ID At Selma Anniversary Service”
TPM:
After Alabama’s Secretary of State John Merrill promoted the state’s voter ID law at a church service held Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of a civil rights milestone in Selma, patrons walked out.
The service at Brown Chapel African… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Decides Bethune-Hill, the VA Racial Gerrymandering Case
The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy (joined by the Court’s liberals and Chief Justice Roberts) has affirmed in part and reversed in part the Virginia racial gerrymandering case, Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Board of Elections. Justice… Continue reading
Marc Joseph Stern Dispatch from Texas Voter ID Hearing Said It Went Well for Plaintiffs, Despite DOJ Flip
I Talked to Texas Standard About DOJ’s About-Face on Texas’s Voter ID Law
Listen.
“Justice Department asks court to dismiss claim of discrimination in Texas voter ID case”
Ariane de Vogue for CNN.