Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Judge Tatel and Shelby County

July 8, 2021, 11:57 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Today’s excellent WaPo story on Judge David Tatel has this background on his opinion for the D.C. Circuit in Shelby County v. Holder: In 2012, a significant case landed with Tatel and his colleagues over a central provision of the… Continue reading

Charles & Fuentes-Rohwer on Brnovich

July 8, 2021, 11:48 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer in the Atlantic: The Court’s opinion in Brnovich is deeply problematic, but not because the majority reached the wrong result. Reasonable people can disagree as to whether the specific electoral rules at issue—the wrong-precinct… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It Seems”

July 8, 2021, 7:30 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: It’s been almost a week since the Supreme Court issued its most significant ruling on voting rights in nearly a decade, and each time I read Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion… Continue reading

“Arizona Cites High Court Win to Back Another Voting Restriction”

July 8, 2021, 6:39 amabsentee ballots, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Bloomberg: Arizona urged a federal appeals court to reverse a 2020 ruling that forces the state to give voters who forget to sign envelopes for their mail-in ballots as long as five days after Election Day to sign them.At… Continue reading

Brnovich on Brnovich v. DNC

July 8, 2021, 4:24 amabsentee ballots, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Mark Brnovich’s WSJ op-ed: The court’s ruling is a win for election integrity at a time when the far left conducts propaganda campaigns to trick people into believing any election law that protects against voter fraud is “Jim Crow… Continue reading

“Abbott Opens Texas G.O.P.’s Push to Limit Voting and Reshape the State”

July 8, 2021, 4:14 amVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

NYT: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Wednesday kicked off a high-stakes political fight over the state’s future, formally announcing a special session of the Legislature in which he and fellow Republicans will try to push Texas further to… Continue reading

“Texas Lawmakers Return For A Second Shot At Tighter Voting Laws”

July 7, 2021, 1:28 pmVoting Rights ActDan Tokaji

NPR: Texas lawmakers are reconvening in a special legislative session that begins Thursday in which voting restrictions are expected to be a top priority for Republicans.The special session starts a week after the Supreme Court gave a green… Continue reading

More of the Brnovich Symposium on SCOTUSblog

July 7, 2021, 9:00 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Contributions from David Gans and Hans von Spakovsky are now posted.

“Samuel Alito’s Boundless Contempt for Democracy”

July 7, 2021, 6:27 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Matt Ford in TNR: “In a nihilistic ruling by Justice Samuel Alito, the six-justice conservative majority did not so much interpret Section 2 as they rewrote it and gave future litigants a roadmap to circumvent what was left. The… Continue reading

“Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the Voting Rights Act?”

July 6, 2021, 10:21 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

The NYT summarizes perspectives on Brnovich.

“How Convenient Should Voting Be? Court Ruling Leaves No Clear Answer”

July 6, 2021, 9:59 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Nate Cohn’s analysis of Brnovich: What kind of restrictions on voting violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? …The court’s decision didn’t offer a clear answer. Instead, it offered “guideposts” to illustrate why the Arizona law passed muster, without… Continue reading

SCOTUSblog Symposium on Brnovich

July 6, 2021, 1:45 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Here, with contributions from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy and Derek Muller so far.

The Onion’s Take on Brnovich

July 6, 2021, 8:49 amelection law "humor", Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

ICYMI.

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Laid the Groundwork for the Devastation to Come”

July 6, 2021, 3:43 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on Slate: Until about a week ago, we heard a lot of media stories of a confounding and unpredictable court, with improbable lineups and unlikely bedfellows. And sure, there has been a lot… Continue reading