“How Bad Could Things Get for the Voting Rights Act? The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Preview.”
Mike Parsons and Joshua Sellers at the Harvard Law Review Blog.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Grumet: See you in court? For abortion, yes. Voting rights, maybe not.”
Bridget Grumet column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Funny. I thought our state leaders wanted regular Texans to help enforce the important stuff.Like that time Gov. Greg Abbott urged “members of the general public” to call ChildProtective Services to report… Continue reading
“Texas is quietly using redistricting lawsuits to launch a broader war against federal voting rights law”
Alexa Ura for the Texas Tribune:
Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged that could dramatically constrict voting rights protections… Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Bailing in the Sunshine State”
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum:
Bail-in is back in the news. In a behemoth 288-page decision in League of Women Voters of Florida v. Lee, a federal district court found that Florida intentionally discriminated against… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal District Court Strikes Down Restrictive Florida Voting Rules, Imposes Requirement That Florida Submit Certain Voting Changes to Court for Preclearance Under Section 3(c) of Voting Rights Act Upon Finding of Intentional Discrimination; Appeal Likely
Quite a blockbuster ruling from the federal district court. The court found that in enacting certain election laws limiting registration outreach and the use of drop boxes, Florida violated the Voting Rights Act. The court also found that Florida acted… Continue reading
“Civil rights groups sue to block Louisiana’s congressional map that keeps one Black district”
Gannett:
A coalition of civil rights groups has filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana’s new congressional map, arguing the boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act because it doesn’t add a second majority-Black district.“The (Legislature) once again voted in favor… Continue reading
“The US supreme court’s assault on voting rights hits a new low”
Sam Levine for The Guardian:
Even for experts who closely follow the US supreme court, there was something stunning about an emergency decision from the justices on Wednesday.In an unexpected move, the court decided to throw out new… Continue reading
“Supreme Court ruling on Wisconsin legislative map puts voting rights advocates on high alert”
Jane Timm for NBC News:
A Supreme Court order last week blocking Wisconsin’s redistricting map is sparking fresh concerns among advocates that the high court may soon sound the death knell for what’s left of the Voting Rights Act.Experts… Continue reading
“Federal judge says Waller County voting process did not discriminate against Black college students”
Texas Tribune:
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Waller County did not discriminate against student voters at Prairie View A&M University during the 2018 general election when it granted them fewer days and hours for early voting, the latest… Continue reading
White House Report of the Interagency Steering Group on Native American Voting Rights
PDF here. From the White House Fact Sheet:
Since their first days in office, President Biden and Vice President Harris have prioritized strengthening our democracy and taken steps to protect voters from the current efforts to suppress the… Continue reading
New book details White House friction over voting rights push
Politico excerpts portions of Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns’s This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future:
Harris did ask to lead the administration’s push to shore up federal voting rights. But as the effort stalled… Continue reading
What does a law firm that wins a pro bono voting rights lawsuit do with the legal fees it earns?
Interesting details in this Reuters story:
Latham got its $3.9 million pro bono fee award for work on a Voting Rights Act lawsuit that challenged the at-large method for electing board members of the East Ramapo Central School District in… Continue reading
“Mail Ballot Rejections Surge in Texas, With Signs of a Race Gap”
NYT:
More than 18,000 voters in Texas’ most populous counties had their mail-in ballots rejected in the state’s primary election this month, according to a review of election data by The New York Times, a surge in thrown-out votes… Continue reading
Read Wisconsin’s Emergency Supreme Court Petition Seeking to Overturn Redistricting Maps Approved by State Supreme Court
The claim in this petition relates to the Voting Rights Act and racial gerrymandering claims.