“After Shelby County”
Kali Borkoski reports for SCOTUSBlog on Pasadena, TX after Shelby County. Watch!
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Wisconsin Voter ID Trial Begins”
Politico:
Voter ID advocates and opponents alike will be watching Wisconsin on Monday as a new federal trial on the state’s photo ID law begins.
The case is the first federal trial under the Voting Rights Act since the… Continue reading
“Everything That’s Happened Since Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act”
“The Right to Vote”
Norm Ornstein:
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, is leading to a new era of voter suppression that parallels the pre-1960s era—this time affecting… Continue reading
“The New Nullification Movement; Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South.”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Section Two Minus Section Five”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Supreme Court Review). Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which had barred… Continue reading
“State of Texas moves to dismiss voter ID litigation”
Texas Redistricting sums it up. (motion)
AG Holder Speaks Out About Voting Rights
BLT:
“This whole notion of voter fraud and the need to come up with photo ID to combat voter fraud is really a solution that’s in search of a problem,” Holder said today.
Holder said there’s “no empirical evidence… Continue reading
“Should Congress pass a new Voting Rights Act?”
Ari Berman on NOW with Alex Wagner.
“GOPer ousted for trashing ‘lazy blacks’”
Adam Serwer reports for MSNBC.
If you have to preface your remarks with a mention of your “black best friend,” you’ll probably regret saying what comes next.
Don Yelton, a former North Carolina Republican official, was compelled to resign Thursday… Continue reading
“Lecturer talks about flaws in N.C. voter law”
Hey, that’s me.
“Exact name match NOT required for voting with photo ID”
Texas SOS press release.
I would be watching to see if the “substantially similar” name test which the SOS states will be fairly and uniformly applied throughout the state.
Ari Berman Reviews Gary May’s Voting Rights Act Book
‘The Future of the Voting Rights Act; How effective is Section 2, the part of the law the Supreme Court left alone?”
Nick Stephanopoulos writes for Slate.
I’m not as optimistic as Nick about the uses of Section 2 in voter id cases.