[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

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

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

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.