Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

My New One at Slate on the Supreme Court Potentially Killing the Remaining Pillar of the Voting Rights Act: “The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term”

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I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Reading the tea leaves from cryptic Supreme Court orders can be perilous business because the justices are not bound by the questions they ask at oral argument, the offhand comments they… Continue reading

Supreme Court Puts on Hold Eighth Circuit Order that Would Have Ended Private Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in Seven States, But Three Justices Appear Ready to Kill Section 2 Nationally

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Via Steve Vladeck comes this Supreme Court order, over the dissents of Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas, of the Eighth Circuit case raising the question whether private plaintiffs have the right to sue under Section 2 of the Voting… Continue reading

North Dakota Legislative Council’s Bizarre Understanding of Redistricting Ruling May Have Led to Justice Kavanaugh’s Administrative Stay in Eighth Amendment Voting Rights Act (Private Right of Action) Case

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As I noted a few days ago, Justice Kavanaugh put on hold via an administrative stay an Eighth Circuit case concerning whether private plaintiffs have the right to sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The answer… Continue reading