“Political Flyer Circulated In Detroit Suburb: ‘Let’s Get The Blacks Out'”
With Trayvon Martin on the back. Nice touch, Klan.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Dahlia Lithwick Talks Voting Rights with Ari Berman in Slate Amicus Podcast
“DOJ to 5th Circuit: Texas voter ID law needs to be fixed ASAP”
San Antonio Express News:
The Obama administration and several civil rights groups are urging a federal appeals court to fast track the process of temporarily fixing Texas’ voter ID law in time for the upcoming Nov. 3 elections.
In court… Continue reading
“Election Law: Redistricting, Gerrymandering, and Civil Rights”
Legal Talk Network:
Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Benjamin Griffith, Robert Heath, Nancy Abudu, Tanya Clay House, and Nicole Austin-Hillery about election law at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting. The guests explain the history of… Continue reading
“The battle for voting rights continues”
E.J. Dionne:
This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that Texas’s voter ID law “has a discriminatory effect” and amounted to a poll tax. But it also sent the case back to a lower-court… Continue reading
“Legal challenge to N.C. voter ID law could be settled, documents say”
Woah:
But there may be room for compromise, according to a joint status report that plaintiffs filed Monday. In the report, they said “Plaintiffs’ pending photo ID claims may be able to be resolved through discussion and negotiations with… Continue reading
Jim Rutenberg Interviews Ari Berman on the Voting Rights Act at 50
Very Interesting Amicus Brief in Evenwel Case from City of Yakima, WA
You can read the brief here.
The brief shows the complex interaction of the one person, one vote rule and the requirements to redistrict under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act when there is a large non-citizen population.
“Editorial: Voter ID laws, already bogus, ruled racist and discriminatory.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial, which after correction still gets Justin Levitt‘s affiliation wrong.
“Obama praises lead plaintiff in NC voting-rights lawsuit”
News & Observer:
Rosanell Eaton, a 94-year-old Franklin County resident who had to recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution to three county registrars in the 1940s to be eligible to vote, got a special mention this week from the… Continue reading
Responses to NYT Magazine Piece on Voting Rights, Including Mine from Slate
To be published in this week’s magazine.
Wow, This Exchange Between Marc Caputo and Rep. Brown Over FL Redistricting
Politico:
Brown insisted that was the case, without providing specific statistics, and the following is a transcript of her responses to repeated questions from POLITICO Florida and the News Service of Florida about her claims.
QUESTION: “The statistics don’t show… Continue reading