Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Has the Roberts court placed landmark 1964 civil rights law on a hit list?”
“How the Supreme Court Blowtorched Democracy and What You Can Do About It”
Harvard Law and Policy Review Publishes Symposium Issue: Elections In America
Volume 8-1 of the HLPR.
Symposium: Elections in America
Foreword, Congressman John P. Sarbanes & Raymond O’Mara III
Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform, Richard L. Hasen
Free at Last: Rejecting … Continue reading
“Clinton: Voting limits derail civil rights”
“Formulating Voting Rights Act Remedies to Address Current Conditions”
Barry Edwards has written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down a key component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) closes one of the most successful chapters… Continue reading
“Addressing Minority Vote Dilution Through State Voting Rights Acts”
Paige Epstein has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Passed largely to address the problem of vote dilution and racially polarized voting, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) bans racial discrimination in voting practices by federal,… Continue reading
Two Panels on Voting Rights May 2 at LA Law Library as Part of Law Week
“Shelby and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights Act’s Pocket Trigger to Protect Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder”
Paul Wiley has posted this draft student note on SSRN (forthcoming, Washington and Lee Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder presents voting rights advocates with a difficult challenge: finding an effective… Continue reading
“Democrats, civil rights groups push for action on voting rights bill”
From the Man Who Brought You Shelby County, NAMUDNO, and Fisher…
…comes a new attack on affirmative action at universities.
“After Shelby County: Getting Section 2 of the VRA to Do the Work of Section 5”
Chris Elmendorf and Doug Spencer have written an important new paper that voting rights folks need to read:
Until the Supreme Court put an end to it in Shelby County v. Holder, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was… Continue reading
Steve Hill LA Times Oped on Cumulative Voting Settlement in Santa Clarita Voting Rights Case
Here.
“Sensenbrenner: Protect our right to vote”
USA Today oped by Rep. Sensenbrenner: “I bristle when people on the right or left suggest there is a conflict between my support for the Voting Rights Act and voter ID laws. The former is possibly the most important civil… Continue reading