Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“A New Approach to Voter ID Challenges: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”

February 13, 2013, 5:00 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Kathleen Stoughton, instrumental in organizing the recent, excellent GW election law symposium, has written this student note for the GW Law Review. Here is the abstract: In response to growing concerns about the integrity of the electoral process, state legislatures… Continue reading

“What of congressional power over voting?”

February 12, 2013, 10:55 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Franita Tolson contributes to the Reuters symposium on what should happen after Shelby County: “If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder, the focus will turn to Congress and the… Continue reading

“Voting Rights 2.0: Why we still need the Voting Rights Act, and how the Supreme Court could make it work better instead of striking it down.”

February 11, 2013, 8:31 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Extensive and nuanced Emily Bazelon piece for Slate.

Mooppan, Pitts Posts on Shelby County

February 11, 2013, 6:30 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Hashim Mooppan and Mike Pitts have written posts for SCOTUSBlog’s new series on the Shelby County case. Mike Pitts’ work in this area is always excellent. But readers of this blog may not be familiar with Hashim. I’ve been corresponding… Continue reading

What To Do About the Texas Redistricting Case?

February 11, 2013, 6:22 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court’s decision over the constitutionality of section 5 and the Court’s failure to take action on Texas’s appeal in its section 5 redistricting case has put the three-judge federal court in San Antonio hearing the section 2 challenge… Continue reading

“A Deference Theory of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act”

February 11, 2013, 6:09 pmstatutory interpretation, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Arpit Garg has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Although Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) is one of the most documented topics in legal scholarship, the academy has missed a crucial reading: a statute… Continue reading

“The Deafening Silence of Conservative Stars on the Constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act”

February 11, 2013, 5:55 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Doug Kendall has this interesting post on Balkinization

ACS Sets Up Voting Rights Resource Page About Shelby County Case

February 9, 2013, 2:36 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Check it out.

“Democrats Cite Long Lines in Bid to Shift Voting Rights Debate”

February 8, 2013, 7:41 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Online symposium announcement: Shelby County v. Holder”

February 7, 2013, 5:31 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog symposium on Shelby County is coming.

“Watch Out in the Covered Jurisdictions”

February 7, 2013, 5:18 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Mike Pitts has written this contribution to the Reuters voting rights symposium on the Shelby County case. A snippet: “In contrast, on the local level, there could be widespread retrogression. This could come from redistricting plans that eliminate ‘safe’… Continue reading

Extensive Ari Berman Cover Story for Nation on Shelby County Case

February 7, 2013, 4:51 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The piece includes quotes from Rep. Sensenbrenner, and also this tidbit: Many of the states and donors who have supported discriminatory voting laws are also backing Blum. His Project on Fair Representation is exclusively funded by Donors Trust, a consortium… Continue reading