“Federal Appeals Court to Scrutinize Voter ID Law”
The Texas Tribune reports. More from Kuff’s World, linking to this Tim Eaton piece (in which I’m quoted) behind the Statesman paywall.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Legal fight over voter IDs in Wisconsin continues; ACLU fights to have technical college, veteran IDs accepted for voting in Wisconsin”
Summary Judgment Motion Filed on Remand in Alabama Redistricting Case
“Will the Courts Finally Block Texas’ Worst-in-the-Nation Voter-ID Law?”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Symposium on Voting Rights in the Wake of Shelby County v. Holder
In Never-Ending Texas Redistricting Litigation, Supplemental Briefs on Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case
Via the indispensable Election Law @ Moritz:
Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Memorandum (filed 4/20/15)
Affidavit
Perez and NAACP’s Supplemental Brief (filed 4/20/15)
USA’s Advisory to the Court (filed 4/20/15)
Quesda’s Supplemental Brief (filed 4/20/15)
MALC’s Brief (filed 4/20/15)
Congressperson’s Brief (filed… Continue reading
“New study rebuts John Roberts on Voting Rights Act”
Zack Roth for MSNBC.
“Supreme Court Revives Challenge to North Carolina Redistricting”
“Minority representation lacking in elected government offices, study finds”
Chicago Tribune:
In DuPage County, where 15 percent of the population is African-American and 16.5 percent of the population is Latino, the elected County Board is all-white.
In Zion, where 33 percent of the population is African-American and 23… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Remands North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case for Reconsideration
This order is unsurprising. Democrats and minority plaintiffs challenged a North Carolina redistricting plan as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the challenge. Today the Supreme Court told North Carolina to take another look in light… Continue reading
Good Draw of Judges for Challengers in Texas Voter ID Appeal in 5th Circuit
Via Michael Li, here is the order.
Chief Judge Carl Stewart (a Clinton appointee profiled here), Catharina Haynes (a GWB appointee) and federal district court judge Nannette Brown (sitting by designation), an Obama appointee.
The 5th Circuit is… Continue reading
NYT Editorial Relies on Morgan Kousser Voting Rights Data to Criticize #SCOTUS
Editorial:
The chief justice’s destructive cure for this was to throw out the formulaCongress devised in 1965 that required all or parts of 16 states with long histories of overt racial discrimination in voting, most in the South,… Continue reading
“Texas Photo ID Law Blocks Legitimate Voters”
Jonathan Brater writes for the Brennan Center.
More on Support for Literacy Tests Etc.
In this post, I asked if anyone besides Ann Coulter on the national political stage has voiced support for literacy tests in recent years. Thanks to those who passed on more information.
The Brad Blog reports that Tom Tancredo… Continue reading