Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“‘Am I actually awake?’: The lawyer whose redistricting litigation was instantly affected by SCOTUS’s Milligan surprise”
Carrie Levine for VoteBeat:
The Campaign Legal Center’s Mark Gaber had just wrapped up a trial over redistricting in Washington state, representing plaintiffs who argued that newly redrawn political maps diluted the strength of Hispanic voters, on June 7. There… Continue reading
“Ten years of a crippled Voting Rights Act: how states make it harder to vote”
Sam Levine and Kira Lerner for The Guardian:
In 2013, the US supreme court gutted the pre-clearance requirement in a landmark case called Shelby county v Holder. In a 5-4 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Voting… Continue reading
National Constitution Center Podcast: “Recapping Allen v. Milligan: The Court Upholds Section 2 of the VRA”
Listen:
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down a major voting rights decision in the Allen v. Milligan case. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and found that Alabama’s … Continue reading
ELB Podcast 4:9: Charles, Katz, Pildes: The Future of the Voting Rights Act after Milligan
New ELB Podcast:
Why did two conservative justices on the Supreme Court join the Court’s liberals to save section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan?
Will voting rights plaintiffs see more success in Section 2… Continue reading
My New One at Slate: “There Are Still Two Major Legal Threats to the Voting Rights Act”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Last week’s voting rights decision in Allen v. Milligan was surprisingly good news: rather than hobble or destroy the existing protections for minority voters to elect their candidates of choice… Continue reading
The constitutional analysis in Allen v. Milligan
One argument raised by Alabama in its brief in Allen v. Milligan was that Section 2 is unconstitutional–at least, unconstitutional if Gingles were interpreted the way the trial court interpreted it. That prompted the bulk of concerned reaction in a… Continue reading
Did Justice Thomas lose the majority in Allen v. Milligan?
Let me offer something that may (?) be a bit (!) speculative (and which Jonathan Adler already hinted at elsewhere).
To start, I can’t help but look back at some of the statements made during oral argument about how… Continue reading
“Johnson: Plaintiff in historic SCOTUS redistricting case shed tears for late father after ruling”
Roy Johnson column in Al.com:
Evan Milligan was in church when his phone began to buzz. In church in Berlin, among a group visiting and studying an area that was once home to one of the region’s largest Jewish communities.… Continue reading
I Spoke with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus Podcast about this Week’s Big Voting Rights Case at the Supreme Court
You can listen here (listen beginning at the 16-minute market).
I Spoke with NPR’s Michel Martin for Morning Edition About the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision in Allen v. Milligan
You can listen here.
You can also read my NY Times guest essay, John Roberts Throws a Curveball.
“John Roberts Throws a Curveball”
I have written this piece for the NY Times. It begins:
The Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling on Thursday in Allen v. Milligan is as shocking as it is welcome. The Voting Rights Act has lived to see another day,… Continue reading
A Few Preliminary Thoughts on Allen v. Milligan
I agree with Nick that today’s decision in Allen v. Milligan was stunning. I don’t want to give the Supreme Court too much credit, for reasons that Melissa Murray identify here, but I had prepared myself for the worst… Continue reading
Roberts on “history” in Shelby County v. Holder and Allen v. Milligan
There will surely be more to discuss, but I wanted to flag these parallels in Chef Justice Roberts’ opinions.
First, from Shelby County v. Holder (2013):
Second, from Allen v. Milligan (2023):