Category Archives: Voting Rights Act

Betting Pool on Texas Redistricting Order from SCOTUS?

January 11, 2012, 11:42 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’m guessing we will see something by the end of next week (the 20th), likely a per curiam order (with perhaps a statement or two of dissent or concurrence) adopting something like the Justice Kagan approach. The Court has… Continue reading

More Evidence that South Carolina Will Seek Fast Track to SCOTUS Review of Its Voter ID Law, and Possibly Tee Up the Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

January 11, 2012, 11:23 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In a recent Slate piece, I suggested that a possible suit by South Carolina over DOJ’s objection to preclearance of its voter id law could get the issue fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, leapfrogging over the Shelby County case… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Argument in Texas Redistricting Cases Highlights Importance of Shelby County Voting Rights Act Case”

January 10, 2012, 1:23 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans blogs.

Marcia Coyle Talks on the News Hour about the Texas Redistricting Argument

January 10, 2012, 10:22 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“Supreme Court weighs Texas redistricting case”

January 10, 2012, 9:09 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Savage reports for the LA Times.

Section 5 of Voting Rights Act Safe Only for Now

January 10, 2012, 8:42 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Yesterday in my blog post on the Texas redistricting cases, I noted an exchange between Chief Justice Roberts and attorney Jose Garza in which the Chief made it clear that the Court was not going to use the Texas case… Continue reading