Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
NPR Story Suggests Macon Ga. Move of Election Day to Summer Not Challenged Because of Cost
I’m skeptical it is (just) cost. The tougher standard of winning a Voting Rights Act lawsuit under section 2 has a lot to do with it.
“Congress Should Let It Die”
WSJ Editorial on the attempt to fix the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court decimated the provisions in Shelby County.
“The Voting Rights Playbook: Why Courts Matter Post-Shelby County v. Holder”
New report from the Center for American Progress.
“The 2020 Reapportionment and the Voting Rights Act”
“Court Questions Plans to Create Minority Voting District”
NY Law Journal: “A federal judge in Albany has ordered a trial on an issue that continues to perplex the federal appellate courts: Are black and Hispanic voters politically cohesive?”
“Obama Touts Voting Rights Bill, Patent Reform”
NLJ:
“Last year, part of the Voting Rights Act was weakened,” Obama said tonight. “But conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats are working together to strengthen it.”
Obama also touted the report of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration to… Continue reading
“The Voting Rights Act in Winter: The Death of a Superstatute”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Voting Rights Act, the most successful civil rights statute in American history, is dying. In the recent Shelby County decision, the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Justice Kagan was wrong: Alabama would not be covered under new Voting Rights Act”
Will Baude blogs for the WaPoVolokh Conspiracy.
Voting Discrimination Differs from Election Administration Challenges
Earlier today, Heritage Sr. Legal Fellow John Malcolm and I had a lively discussion on the Voting Rights Amendment Act and the Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s recommendations on NPR’s Tell Me More. You can listen here.
My take… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“People have to understand that we are not opposed to photo identification in a vacuum,” he said, but it must not be used “to disenfranchise” people for racial or “partisan reasons.” While some GOP lawmakers may have a “good faith”… Continue reading
“Alabama would avoid federal elections supervision under new bill; Congress debates renewing part of Voting Rights Act that U.S. Supreme Court tossed”
“Don’t Use MLK to Push Harmful Election Laws”
Ilya Shapiro at Forbes opposes the VRAA.