“Voting rights case has Texas implications”
The Austin American Statesman reports.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Regional Differences in Racial Polarization in the 2012 Presidential Election: Implications for the Constitutionality of Section 5 the Voting Rights Act”
Nate Persily, Charles Stewart III, and Steve Ansolabehere have written an important new paper [updated], which I have now posted. The paper comes just in time for argument in the Shelby County case. Here is the introduction (minus the footnotes):… Continue reading
“Making Sure Race is Considered”
Janai Nelson has written this contribution for the Reuters symposium on Shelby County: “Section 5, however, has changed the discourse around race in backrooms and in courtrooms by requiring that electoral decision-makers are not only aware of race but also… Continue reading
“Experts Debate Effects of Voting Rights Act Provision on Native Americans”
“The Voting Rights Act: On Strategic Compromise and As-Applied Challenges”
“Virginia Legislators Approve Voter ID Law, May Kill Chances for Federal Bailout”
Adam Cohen Shelby County Preview
Here, at TIME.
More Shelby County Previews
Joan Biskupic for Reuters
Mark Sherman for AP (on bailout)
Bob Barnes for WaPo
NYT Room for Debate (multiple contributors)
“States Take Sides As Court Revisits Voting Rights Act”
“Are some civil rights era protections still relevant? Supreme Court will decide”
“Uphold Section 5 of Voting Rights Act”
Interesting LWV Attacking Obama on Consequences of VRA Overturning
League of Women Voters statement: “President Obama was wrong today when he suggested the consequences of overturning Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act would be merely inconvenient. With the upcoming Supreme Court case, the President and the nation… Continue reading