“Voter-ID Actions Push Fight Past November; Supreme Court Lets Texas Apply Restrictions for Midterms, but Legality Hasn’t Been Decided”
Brent Kendall reports for WSJ.
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
Justice Ginsburg Tells Nina Totenberg About 5 AM Texas Voter ID Decision
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”
“In Judge’s Footnote, a Heavy Slap at Texas’ Past”
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
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
Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according to Tim Eaton.
Read Texas Voter ID Challengers’ Emergency #SCOTUS Application
Here. [Revised document]
The 5th Circuit’s Concurrence
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?
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”
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
[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
“Voter ID Opponents Appear to Believe Minorities Incompetent”
And for a different take, Kristin Tate at Breitbart charges racism by those who assume that minorities are less able to get ID. For what it’s worth, this echoes Judge Easterbrook’s approach to the applicable standard under the Voting Rights… Continue reading
Fifth Circuit documents
The 5th Circuit still hasn’t recognized the Texas voter ID appeal on its own case management system, in part because the state’s initial petition for a 5th Circuit order slowing the whole business down was apparently filed under seal. But… Continue reading
Texas Seeks Emergency 5th Circuit Relief in Voter ID Case
Tim Eaton: “@gregabbott filed emergency stay in the 5th Circuit on #voterid. Also, fed judge issued final judgment halting #voterid #txlege”
also: “DOJ and other plaintiffs in Texas #voterID case must respond w/i 24 hrs… Continue reading