Scheduled to Be on WHYY Radio Times
Wed. at 10:40 am eastern, talking PA voter id and Voting Rights Amendments Act.
As always media appearances subject to last minute change.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“The Right to Vote: A State Right”
Josh Douglas writes for Slate.
“Voting plan could put state ‘on thin ice’; One statewide violation would mean pre-clearance kicks in under proposal”
Mary Orndorff Toryan for Gannett: “South Carolina will be one misstep away from renewed federal supervision of its elections if legislation to restore part of the Voting Rights Act becomes law.The bill introduced Thursday would rewrite the rules that would… Continue reading
“Legislation Would Restore Voting Rights Act”
“Can Three Lawmakers Revive the Voting Rights Act After the Supreme Court Trashed It?”
Kevin Drum:
And now for the big question: does this legislation have any chance of passing? It doesn’t seem likely. The shiny new formula might satisfy Justice Roberts, but it would put four deep-red states back into preclearance jail:… Continue reading
“Voter suppression is a threat to all”
Marcus Anthony Hunter has written this WaPo oped.
Quote of the Day, MLK Day Edition
“[Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in Shelby County] got it right when she said throwing out the existing process when it’s working and continues to work is like throwing away an umbrella in a rainstorm because you’re not getting wet…And now we’re… Continue reading
“Heed King’s Lesson: Only Congress Can Preserve Voting Rights”
Jesse Rhodes and Avi Green write for TPM Cafe.
“Is This Any Way to Remember MLK? Racism is alive and well in America. So why is the new voting rights act so weak?”
Andrew Cohen writes for Politico magazine.
“State’s Rights, Last Rites, and Voting Rights”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer has posted this interesting draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
There are two ways to read the Court’s decision in Shelby County, as a minimalist decision and as a decision that has undermined the… Continue reading
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor “NonCommittal” on Voting Rights Act Amendment Bill
This is significant, given that Cantor was the most vocal person in the House Republican leadership to come up with a bill in response to the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision gutting section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Institute to Train New Generation of Voting Rights Lawyers Expanding Nationally”
Additional Coverage and Reactions to Voting Rights Act Amendment (VRAA) Bill
Overton HuffPo on Voting Rights Act bill
I expand on my thoughts from earlier today in my new piece on the front page of the Huffington Post, “A Bipartisan Voting Rights Act is Possible.” Some excerpts . . .
Conventional wisdom among some liberals, conservatives,… Continue reading