Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

A Sea Change in Republican Presidential Attitudes on the Voting Rights Act

January 16, 2012, 8:22 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In July 2006, President Bush signed the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act in a ceremony praising the participation of civil rights leaders, including family members of Dr. King. The bill passed 98-0 in the Senate and 390-33 in the… Continue reading

CBS News on DOJ Objection to Preclearance of South Carolina Voter ID Law

January 16, 2012, 6:02 pmDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

CBS News reports.

Quote of the Day

January 16, 2012, 9:53 amelection administration, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

We need – and the American people deserve – election systems that are free from discrimination, free from partisan influence, and free from fraud. And we must do everything within our power to make certain that these systems are more,… Continue reading

“Navajo Nation sues to protect voting rights in county in Utah”

January 13, 2012, 8:05 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Indianz.com reports. More from AP.

“Attorney General to speak on voting rights in South Carolina”

January 13, 2012, 8:00 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Reuters: “Attorney General Eric Holder plans to deliver a speech on voting rights on Monday at a Martin Luther King holiday rally in South Carolina, a state where just weeks ago his Justice Department blocked a new voter identification… Continue reading

“Voter ID Still Languishing at the Department of Justice”

January 13, 2012, 4:00 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports that Texas has responded with more information to DOJ, starting a new 60-day clock.

“Justice Li”‘s Fantasy Opinion in the Texas Redistricting Case

January 13, 2012, 11:31 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“Texas GOP files advisory with SCOTUS, says primary cannot be moved”

January 13, 2012, 8:11 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Redistricting: “The Republican Party of Texas took the unusual step today of sending a post-argument letter to the Supreme Court to tell the court in no uncertain terms that the date of the party’s state convention could not… Continue reading

“Voter ID cases could test Voting Rights Act”

January 12, 2012, 2:25 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This post appears at Facing South.

Linda Greenhouse on Voter ID, Section 5, Bush, Obama, and the Supreme Court

January 11, 2012, 6:56 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Must read: “Of all the domestic policy differences between the Bush and Obama administrations, just about the sharpest and most telling may be their opposite responses to the drive by Republican-dominated states to require voters to present photo identification… Continue reading

Calvin Massey on DOJ Denial of Preclearance in South Carolina Voter ID Case

January 11, 2012, 4:47 pmvoter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, at The Faculty Lounge (I am discussing some of these issues with Calvin in the comments).

“The real intent of the Voting Rights Act”

January 11, 2012, 2:56 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Harvey Kronberg, of the Quorum Report, has this oped in the Austin-American Statesman.

Betting Pool on Texas Redistricting Order from SCOTUS?

January 11, 2012, 11:42 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’m guessing we will see something by the end of next week (the 20th), likely a per curiam order (with perhaps a statement or two of dissent or concurrence) adopting something like the Justice Kagan approach. The Court has… Continue reading

More Evidence that South Carolina Will Seek Fast Track to SCOTUS Review of Its Voter ID Law, and Possibly Tee Up the Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

January 11, 2012, 11:23 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In a recent Slate piece, I suggested that a possible suit by South Carolina over DOJ’s objection to preclearance of its voter id law could get the issue fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, leapfrogging over the Shelby County case… Continue reading