Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Sued If You Do, Sued If You Don’t: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as a Defense to Race-Conscious Districting”

May 8, 2015, 8:08 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Caroline Wong has written this student comment for the University of Chicago Law Review. Here is the abstract: To avoid liability for vote dilution in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, states officials sometimes engage in race-conscious… Continue reading

“Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival”

May 4, 2015, 8:09 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft Essay on SSRN, forthcoming in the Alabama Law Review‘s symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Here is the abstract: Like history, the racial gerrymandering cause of action has repeated itself, the… Continue reading

“Can Democrats Walk a Tricky, Squiggly Red Line?”

May 3, 2015, 1:44 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Emily Cadei on North Carolina districting after the Alabama case.

“Lawmakers tell state Supreme Court no need to hurry in redistricting case”

April 30, 2015, 8:38 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NC Policy Watch.

Listen to the Oral Argument in 5th Circuit Texas Voter ID Appeal

April 28, 2015, 7:17 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. UPDATE: Here is the Texas Tribune report from oral argument.

“Federal Appeals Court to Scrutinize Voter ID Law”

April 28, 2015, 7:40 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports. More from Kuff’s World, linking to this Tim Eaton piece (in which I’m quoted) behind the Statesman paywall.

“Legal fight over voter IDs in Wisconsin continues; ACLU fights to have technical college, veteran IDs accepted for voting in Wisconsin”

April 27, 2015, 7:15 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP reports.

Summary Judgment Motion Filed on Remand in Alabama Redistricting Case

April 27, 2015, 3:37 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

View the documents.

“Will the Courts Finally Block Texas’ Worst-in-the-Nation Voter-ID Law?”

April 27, 2015, 3:35 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

Symposium on Voting Rights in the Wake of Shelby County v. Holder

April 24, 2015, 1:25 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Journal of Race, Gender and Ethnicity (Touro): PDF Jackals, Tall Ships, and the Endless Forest of Lies: Foreword to Symposium on the Voting Rights in the Wake of Shelby County v. Holder Anthony Paul Farley PDF Eviscerating the Voting Rights … Continue reading

In Never-Ending Texas Redistricting Litigation, Supplemental Briefs on Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case

April 22, 2015, 4:13 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Via the indispensable Election Law @ Moritz: Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Memorandum (filed 4/20/15) Affidavit Perez and NAACP’s Supplemental Brief (filed 4/20/15) USA’s Advisory to the Court (filed 4/20/15) Quesda’s Supplemental Brief (filed 4/20/15) MALC’s Brief (filed 4/20/15) Congressperson’s Brief (filed… Continue reading

“New study rebuts John Roberts on Voting Rights Act”

April 22, 2015, 3:41 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zack Roth for MSNBC.

“Supreme Court Revives Challenge to North Carolina Redistricting”

April 22, 2015, 6:58 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jess Bravin for the WSJ.

“Minority representation lacking in elected government offices, study finds”

April 20, 2015, 3:43 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Chicago Tribune: In DuPage County, where 15 percent of the population is African-American and 16.5 percent of the population is Latino, the elected County Board is all-white. In Zion, where 33 percent of the population is African-American and 23… Continue reading