Politifact Rates as “Half-True” the President’s Statement that The U.S. Justice Department has “taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009”
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Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Justice Sotomayor’s Schuette Dissent Talks of Shelby County and Voting Rights
In Adam Liptak’s analysis of today’s Supreme Court decision in Shuette, he notes: “But Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in the longest and most significant dissent of her career, said the Constitution required special vigilance in light of the history of slavery,… Continue reading
Michael Li Explains that New Ed Blum Texas Voting Suit is a Lot Like One Blum Recently Lost
So why bring it?
By bringing it up in this way, it will come up to the Supreme Court on direct appeal rather than a discretionary petition for cert. As I’ve explained to blog readers many times, cases up… Continue reading
New Ed Blum Voting Rights Lawsuit in Texas
Press release via email:
Voting Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State of Texas:
State Senate Districts Unconstitutional
(Alexandria, VA) Today, the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) announces the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ state senate districts.… Continue reading
Election Law Cartoon of the Day
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“Ifill: Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling cheapens voting”
Sherrilyn Ifill oped on McCutcheon.
“How Not to End Racial Discrimination; Conservatives have been making the same wrongheaded argument for more than 100 years.”
Jamelle Bouie writes for Slate.
“Are Democrats Trying To Energize The Base With The Race Card?”
NPR:
For some voters, suggestions that some of the opposition to Obama and his policies is more than just honest disagreement — and is indeed racially based — could help do the trick.
The Democrats’ use of voting rights… Continue reading
“Carl P. Leubsdorf commentary: Voting Rights Act will get new attention”
Column: “Voting issues will get a more extensive airing next year when the LBJ Library marks the Voting Rights Act’s 50th anniversary. But the topic has come up often this year because, unlike the 1964 Civil Rights Act that… Continue reading
“Justice Department, Texas Clash Over Discovery in Voting Rights Case”
“John Roberts and the Color of Money; Applying the history of white supremacy in America to the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon decision “
Tom Levenson writes at The Atlantic.
“GOP Congressman Isn’t Sure The Civil Rights Act Is Constitutional”
“Commentaries: The Congressional Response to Shelby County”
The Harvard Law Review Forum has posted
Dismissing Deterrence
The VRAA’s proposed preclearance regime would still be vulnerable to attack
By Ellen D. Katz
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Voting Rights Law and Policy in Transition
Activists ought not settle for the valiant… Continue reading
Updated/Final Versions of Some of My Articles on Campaign Finance, Voting Rights
I’ve posted an updated version, including a short discussion of McCutcheon, of Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War over Coordination, forthcoming in the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy.
I have posted the final version… Continue reading