Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ON BAILOUT UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT”
Press release about what could be the last section 5 bailout EVER:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRT
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013 (202) 514-2007
WWW.JUSTICE.GOV TTY (866) 544-5309
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL DISTRICT ON BAILOUT UNDER… Continue reading
Response to Pildes on Congressional Renewal of VRA
Via Email, responding to this:
I, on the other hand, testified before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee that part of the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act were no longer needed—the provisions for federal examiners who conducted listing… Continue reading
Quote of the Night
“I was very, very troubled during the reauthorization process for Section 5 in 2006 — when I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee — that there was no effort made in Congress to do anything at all to signal in… Continue reading
“Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights”
Tom Curry piece with very interesting quotes from Rick Pildes and Pam Karlan.
“The voting wars and the Supreme Court: a pre-ruling primer”
The Columbia Journalism Review reports on how to follow Shelby County.
Why Would the Court’s Liberals Go Along with Justice Scalia’s Time Bombs in Arizona Elections Case?
In Anticipatory Overrulings, Invitations, Time Bombs, and Inadvertence: How Supreme Court Justices Move the Law, 61 Emory Law Journal 779 (2012), I discuss different methods Justices use to move the law in their preferred direction aside from getting a majority… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Groups Get High Court Win As Bigger Case Looms”
Frank James reports for NPR.
“The Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona won’t put an end to voting wars”
“How the Voting Rights Act Hurts Democrats and Minorities”
“The Supreme Court Gives States New Weapons in the Voting Wars”
The Daily Beast has posted my analysis of today’s Supreme Court opinion in the Arizona case. It begins
Supreme Court watchers have been waiting each day to see if the Supreme Court is going to strike down a key provision… Continue reading
“Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder (Webcast)”
Fantastic Brookings event July 1 with a great line-up. So sorry I had to decline an invitation to this because of a conflict. At least I’ll be able to watch the webcast.
As We Wait for the Supreme Court to Decide the Shelby County Voting Rights Case
….here is some of my writing about the case if you want to get up to speed:
What’s Lost if the Voting Rights Falls? (Slate)
If the Court Strikes Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (Reuters)
Who Controls Voting … Continue reading