“Will Texas Get Away With Discriminating Against Voters?”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Sky-high stakes in Texas voter ID trial”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC.
AALS Election Law Section Call for Papers
[Bumped to the top with deadline approaching.]
Via Josh Douglas:
Dear Election Law Colleagues,
The brand-new AALS Section on Election Law is issuing a Call for Papers to select two panelists for its inaugural program at the 2015 AALS… Continue reading
“Texas Voter ID Law Goes to Trial”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Color by Numbers: The New Misreading of the Voting Rights Act”
Justin Levitt has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The role of race in the apportionment of political power is one of the thorniest problems at the heart of American democracy, and poised to once again take… Continue reading
More on Texas’s Argument DOJ Too Partisan to Enforce Voting Rights Act
In an earlier post, I noted this filing of the state of Texas in the voter id case (particularly pages 13-23), raising an affirmative defense to DOJ’s claims that Texas’s voter id law violates section 2 of the Voting Rights… Continue reading
7th Circuit Won’t Consider Lifting Stay of Wisconsin Voter ID Law Until After Sept. 12 Oral Argument
The Seventh Circuit’s order issued last Thursday:
The court will reserve decision on appellantʹs motion to stay the permanent injunction
until after oral argument on September 12, 2014. The court notes that Wisconsin is free to implement immediately the portions… Continue reading
Now Available: Hasen, Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law: Examples and Explanations
[Bumping to the top for the start of classes.]
[UPDATE: You can now order the book at Amazon, or electronically as a Kindle Book, or directly from the publisher.]
I am happy to announce that you … Continue reading
“Scott Walker, J.B. Van Hollen again ask court to reinstate voter ID”
“On The Fall Docket: Who Gets To Vote — And Who Gets To Decide?”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“Vulnerability in Numbers: Racial Composition of the Electorate, Voter Suppression, and the Voting Rights Act”
Ian Vandewalker and Keith Bentele have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Harvard Latino Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court rendered one of the most potent antidiscrimination provisions of American law a… Continue reading
District Court Rules for Latino Plaintiffs in Yakima Vote Dilution Case
The summary judgment order from U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice concludes that the city’s council districts violate Section 2 of the VRA and directs the parties to submit a joint proposed districting plan by October 3.
Reminder: AALS Election Law Section Call for Papers Deadline Is Two Weeks Away
The topic is the Voting Rights Act at 50. Here is the original announcement of the Call for Papers, which are due September 5. This will be the inaugural event of the Election Law Section, which you won’t wanna miss!
“Justice Ginsburg Laments ‘Real Racial Problem’ in U.S.”
National Law Journal has excerpts from its interview with Justice Ginsburg, mentioning Shelby County among other things.