Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

“Dawn Patrol: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights”

October 20, 2014, 8:00 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[Bumping to the top for the Monday morning crowd.] I have written this new piece for Slate. It begins: On the surface, Supreme Court justices seem to have it pretty easy: They decide only around 70 cases per year with… Continue reading

“Castaic school district to shift to cumulative voting”

October 20, 2014, 7:45 amalternative voting systems, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A wave of cumulative voting adoptions to avoid drawing majority-minority districts in the face of liability under the California Voting Rights Act.

“Crawford and the Politics of Voter ID”

October 20, 2014, 7:42 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bauer’s latest.

“Voter-ID Actions Push Fight Past November; Supreme Court Lets Texas Apply Restrictions for Midterms, but Legality Hasn’t Been Decided”

October 19, 2014, 8:42 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brent Kendall reports for WSJ.

Justice Ginsburg Tells Nina Totenberg About 5 AM Texas Voter ID Decision

October 19, 2014, 5:11 pmElections Clause, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From this event at the 92nd Street Y [my transcription, and there could be errors]: Nina Totenberg: Justice Ginsburg, you were up until … Friday night/Saturday morning, writing a passionate dissent in the Texas voter id case. Just to let… Continue reading

“SCOTUS to Texas: Go Forth and Discriminate Against Your Citizens Starting Monday”

October 19, 2014, 4:12 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Liz Kennedy blogs.

“In Judge’s Footnote, a Heavy Slap at Texas’ Past”

October 19, 2014, 2:34 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey: Strange things show up in the footnotes of federal court rulings. Consider this one in a ruling by a federal judge in Corpus Christi, Tex., that the state’s voter photo ID law is unconstitutional: “The Texas… Continue reading

Explaining Justice Breyer’s Surprising (Non-)Vote in the Texas Voter ID Case

October 19, 2014, 1:46 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Justice Breyer did not join in Justice Ginsburg’s fiery 6-page dissent in the Texas voter id case the Supreme Court just decided. The majority let Texas’s law go into effect, despite a final judgment from a federal district court finding… Continue reading

Justice Scalia Requests Texas Response in Voter ID Case to SCOTUS

October 15, 2014, 2:22 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according to Tim Eaton.

Read Texas Voter ID Challengers’ Emergency #SCOTUS Application

October 15, 2014, 7:48 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. [Revised document]

The 5th Circuit’s Concurrence

October 14, 2014, 3:08 pmelection law and constitutional law, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

Rick just quoted from Judge Costa’s concurrence in the 5th Circuit panel’s order — and I’d like to highlight one part of that concurrence. Judge Costa says, citing cases from Ohio and North Carolina, that “in two recent decisions, [the… Continue reading

Analysis: Texas Voter ID Decision: To #SCOTUS or Not?

October 14, 2014, 2:51 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Fifth Circuit’s order in the Texas voter id case relies on “the Purcell principle” that courts should not change election rules in advance of the election. Although this outcome was expected, this ruling also shows, as I laid … Continue reading

“This Ruling Could Put Texas Back In The Doghouse On Voting Law Changes”

October 14, 2014, 2:01 pmThe Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

TPM covers the potential for bailing Texas back into federal preclearance under the Voting Rights Act, after a finding of intentional discrimination by the federal court reviewing the state’s new ID rule.

Justice Alito’s Disturbing Statement in Wisconsin Voter ID Case

October 14, 2014, 9:00 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[Bumping to the top with a brief update.] Last week the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to stop a horrendous 7th Circuit court order allowing Wisconsin to immediately put its voter id law into effect. Regardless of where you stand on… Continue reading