“Shelby, ITCA, and Congress’ Role in Protecting Voting Rights”
This item appears on the ACLU’s “Blog of Rights.”
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Voting Rights Act Bailouts Continue While Supreme Court Weighs Act’s Constitutionality”
“The Roberts Court vs. Voting Rights”
David Cole on Shelby County.
Sleeper Case of the Year?
I’ll be anxiously awaiting the release of the transcript Monday in the Supreme Court oral argument in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council. In brief, the question is whether Arizona can refuse to accept a simple federal form for voter… Continue reading
Audio of This Week’s GW Event on Shelby County Now Posted
At this link. Tomorrow, you should be able to use the same link to find event video.
“Shelby County and Congressional Power: What Does the Supreme Court Review?”
Extensive posting from Armand Derfner.
“Adam Liptak on Equality of States: The Implications for Shelby County”
Richard Epstein on Shelby County
The Mirage of Racism: “Under the VRA as it currently stands, we have too much federal intervention too soon, for too long, and for too little cause. The Supreme Court should strike the VRA down and let Congress return… Continue reading
“Internal Report Blasts DOJ Civil Rights Unit”
Josh Gerstein does a great job describing key points in the IG report.
Initial Thoughts on the Inspector General Report on the Voting Rights Section of DOJ
I have now had a chance to give an initial read to the mammoth report of the IG on the voting rights section and I have some thoughts which could change upon closer scrutiny (news reports at NYT, LAT… Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ OIG Releases Report on Voting Section Controversies
You can now read A Review of the Operations of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division put out by the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. I will provide more comments when I’ve had a chance to… Continue reading
“A Universal Right to Vote”
NYT Editorial: “These more recent battles over ballot access show how important it is to build new legislative protections for participation in democracy. Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which requires areas with a history of discrimination… Continue reading
The Scalia Court and Voting Rights, Part 2
More from Doug Kendall (and Ryan Woo).
GW Event Tomorrow on Shelby County Case—Now Open to the Press Too
Details here on what looks like a great event.