Off to North Carolina
“Race or Party?” is the theme of the 2013 American Values Public Lecture I’ll be giving at NC State on October 24 and my keynote address at this conference on October 25. I will also post soon on SSRN… Continue reading
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Activists target Coachella water district in voting change effort”
“Voting fight: Is it race or is it politics?”
Charlotte Observer:
North Carolina’s new restrictions on voting may favor the Republican Party, but Democrats must prove more than that to beat them in court.
GOP legislators who passed the rules last summer say they are designed to streamline… Continue reading
Appeals Court Reverses in Post-Shelby Beaumont TX School District Case
“North Carolina’s Big Election Changes”
This event will be held on October 25 in Raleigh. I’ll be the keynote speaker.
As noted, I’ll also be speaking October 24 at North Carolina State University giving the 2013 American Values Public Lecture.
Andrew Cohen Responds to WSJ Editorial on Justice Stevens and Voter Fraud
“Montana’s Northern Cheyenne tribe fighting to secure voting rights”
The Guardian reports, with the subhead: “The only way to register to vote for reservation residents is to make a 157-mile round trip to nearest county seat – a trip most can’t afford. But one man is fighting to… Continue reading
Fight in LA County Over Whether to Create Second Latino Sup. District; DOJ Uninterested
“Shelby County and the End of History”
Joel Heller has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Memphis Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court largely ignored history. Striking down a central provision of the Voting Rights Act of… Continue reading
“Arizona to segregate federal and state election ballots”
“Eric Holder’s 2014 Racial Politics: The Attorney General tries to reverse a Supreme Court ruling by the back door.”
“Here’s Proof the Voting Rights Act Helped Boost Black Political Representation”
Atlantic Wire:
Nearly half a century after the VRA’s passage, critics had begun to argue that the law had successfully served its purpose (see: America’s first black president, and these demographics that elected him), and that states like Texas … Continue reading
“The End of the Reasonable Observer: The 2013 term at the Supreme Court may prove the last gasp of Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy.”
Dahlia Lithwick at Slate.
2013 American Values Public Lecture: “North Carolina’s New Front in The Voting Wars”
I’m happy to announce that I will be giving this lecture on October 24 at 7 PM at North Carolina State University.