Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Press Statement from TX AG Fails to Acknowledge 5th Circuit Held Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act

August 5, 2015, 1:57 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Weird. Attorney General Paxton Statement on Voter ID Ruling Texas’ Voter ID Law to Remain in Effect AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today released the following statement on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: 5th Circuit Affirms Texas Voter ID Violates Section 2, Remands on Question of Discriminatory Purpose

August 5, 2015, 12:35 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[bumping to top] A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion which is a great (but not complete) victory for those challenging Texas’s strict voter id law. The court affirms… Continue reading

“Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn But with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists”

August 5, 2015, 6:25 amcampaign finance, election administration, political parties, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN. It is still an early draft. Comments welcome! Here is the abstract: The first decade of election law cases at the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roberts brought election law… Continue reading

“The Voting Rights Act at 50”

August 5, 2015, 6:17 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Does America need to restore the Voting Rights Act?”

August 5, 2015, 6:15 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Stephanie Condon writes for CBS News.

“Ensuring Voting Rights in the 21st Century”

August 5, 2015, 6:07 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT Room for Debate asks what’s next on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Contributions: DEBATERS Change from the Grass Roots GUY-URIEL CHARLES, DUKE UNIVERSITY AND LUIS FUENTES-ROHWER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY The Law Worked, and Now It’s Time to … Continue reading

“The Voting Rights Act and the Second Redemption”

August 5, 2015, 5:57 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Kermit Roosevelt at Constitution Daily.

“Slim turnout expected in next month’s NC primaries”

August 4, 2015, 4:26 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: To mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sunday’s New York Times Magazine made North Carolina the focus for a sweeping cover story on the 1965 law and the struggle both to create it and… Continue reading

“Obama to call for Voting Rights Act restoration on law’s anniversary”

August 4, 2015, 11:01 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Hill reports.

“Let’s keep the Voting Rights Act focused on actual racial discrimination”

August 4, 2015, 8:32 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Roger Clegg at Constitution Daily.

“The Voting Rights Act at a Crossroads”

August 4, 2015, 7:06 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the National Constitution Center’s Constitution Daily. It begins: Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in the United… Continue reading