Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Witness Testimony from Recent Senate Judiciary Commitee Hearing on Citizens United and on Voting Rights Act
“U.S. Justice Department approves Mississippi’s legislative redistricting plan”
Lots More Entries in the SCOTUSBlog Voting Rights Act Symposium
09.13.12
Guy-Uriel Charles
Online VRA symposium: The Voting Rights Act, judicial review, and congressional deference
09.13.12
Adam Cox and Thomas Miles
Online VRA symposium: Social science goes to court
09.13.12
Hans von Spakovsky
Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section … Continue reading
“Clay Republicans, other GOP groups, oppose Corrine Brown’s early voting lawsuit”
The latest from Fla.
J. Christian Adams Alleges DOJ Career Attorneys Were Overruled in South Carolina Voter ID Case By Obama Political Appointees
The story is here. Although the article refers to “internal DOJ documents” I do not see any of them posted in the story, so at this point there will be a dispute over the veracity and/or accuracy of the… Continue reading
Gerken, Shapiro, Fuentes-Rohwer in SCOTUSBLOG VRA Symposium
“Prelude to a Supreme Court Showdown: Voting Rights Rulings in Texas and Florida Offer New Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Voting”
David Gans writes for CAC.
“ID Laws Bring New Attention To Voting Rights Act”
Nate Persily talks to NPR about the VRA.
“Online VRA symposium: The Voting Rights Act, Congressional silence, and the political polarization”
My contribution to the SCOTUSBlog symposium on the VRA begins:
The Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in NAMUDNO v. Holder was an invitation to Congress to go back and make changes to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to keep… Continue reading
“Why the Supreme Court May Soon Strike Down a Key Section of the Voting Rights Act”
Nick Stephanopoulos: “Accordingly, the three-judge court’s decision to block Texas’s new district plans could amount to a Pyrrhic victory. The decision is thorough and well-reasoned, and its interpretation of the provision is quite defensible. But by highlighting the greater… Continue reading
“Simpson Joins Criticism of House Redistricting”
Texas Tribune: “State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer picked up an unlikely ally Friday after accusing top House staffers of taking part in discriminatory conduct that got the Legislature’s redistricting maps thrown out by federal judges. Fellow Rep. David Simpson… Continue reading
“Straus pressed to end redistricting fight”
The latest from Texas.
“Online symposium: The Court and the Voting Rights Act”
Coming to SCOTUSBlog next week.