Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”
Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly.
As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.
“Did Race Play a Role in Alabama Redistricting?”
MHP discusses with Janai Nelson and Amy Howe.
The Critical Federalism Issue at the Heart of the Alabama Redistricting Cases
Justin here, with a thought on last week’s oral argument in two consolidated cases about Alabama’s redistricting process. There’s an issue lurking at the heart of the dispute that may be difficult to spot in the transcript.
The cases concern… Continue reading
“For Democrats, Turnout Efforts Look Successful (Though Not Elections)”
NYT’s The UpShot looks at some turnout data, including data on North Carolina early voting. That’s particularly important because there is controversy over whether the early voting changes made in that state decreased turnout or not.
“Impact of Texas voter ID law unclear”
“Hispanic Voters File Lawsuit Against Pasadena And Its Voting Districts”
Houston Public Media on a new lawsuit. MALDEF is seeking Pasadena [corrected] “bail in” under Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act.
“Texas Matters: Could Texas Be ‘Bailed In’ The VRA?”
Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
The Court has now posted it here.
“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Race Reasoning in Alabama Redistricting: A View from the Supreme Court”
Here:
If ultimately forced to draw a new plan in the current post-Shelby world, Alabama would no longer have Section 5 to rely on—for better or worse. Instead, it would have to take account of the Voting Rights Act’s… Continue reading
“Race, Politics and Drawing Maps; The Supreme Court Hears an Alabama Case on the Voting Rights Act”
NYT editorial begins:
As long as politicians are entrusted with drawing legislative maps, they will use their pen to gain partisan advantage. Courts generally do not interfere with that process, but there are limits to this where race is involved.… Continue reading
“Podcast: The Supreme Court considers racial gerrymandering”
National Constitution Center:
Rick Hasen from the UC-Irvine School of Law and Roger Clegg from the Center for Equal Opportunity join our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss one of the biggest Supreme Court cases this term, about the roles of… Continue reading
“Loretta Lynch on Voting Rights, Terror Trials and the Press”
SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Roundup
How Appealing and SCOTUSBlog have extensive roundups. For my writing on the case see
this SCOTUSBlog preview
this Slate commentary
and
this SCOTUSBlog oral argument analysis.