Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Press round up: Maneuvering on Texas redistricting & voter ID”
Here, at Texas Redistricting.
“New Voting Laws: Forward-looking Or A Step Back?”
“The secret weapon that could save the Voting Rights Act”
Adam Serwer on bail-in.
“A New Strategy for Voting Rights”
“An Effects-Test Pocket Trigger?”
Travis Crum, who wrote an excellent student note on Section 3 bail in under the Voting Rights Act, has written this guest post:
An Effects-Test Pocket Trigger
Travis Crum
Following Shelby County v. Holder, civil rights advocates are searching for… Continue reading
“States Eye Voting Obstacles in Wake of High Court Ruling”
TIME: “Less than a week after the Supreme Court watered down the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a handful of states seemed poised to roll back the protections afforded to minorities by the 48-year-old law.”
“After Ruling, States Rush to Enact Voting Laws”
NYT on the post-Shelby County environment.
“GOP Has Tough Choices on Voting Right Act”
“The Supreme Court’s Libertarian Moment?”
Ilya Shapiro:
The casual observer of the Supreme Court must have been quite confused last week. First, the Court punted on an affirmative action case, making it harder to use race in college admissions decisions without prohibiting the practice altogether.… Continue reading
“New Texas Voting Disputes”
What is DOJ Telling Former Section 5 Jurisdictions?
Via Ryan J. Reilly:
Section 5 submissions
With respect to administrative submissions under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, that were pending as of June 25, 2013, or received after that date, the Attorney General is providing a written… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Isn’t the Whole Problem”
Armand Derfner:
Forty-five years ago, I found myself nervously standing in front of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Hugo Black and the other Justices, arguing the first case to apply the newly minted Voting Rights Act. Despite my… Continue reading
“Judicial Minimalism is Alive and Well on the Roberts Court”
Artemus Ward and J. Mitchell Pickerill have written this commentary for NLJ. It begins:
The Supreme Court’s recent decisions on affirmative action, voting rights and gay marriage have sparked a heated debate about discrimination in America and the Court’s role… Continue reading