WaPo reports:
Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her name be left… Continue reading
Crosscut reviews adjustments to Washington’s state Voting Rights Act. These state VRAs are likely to become increasingly important – and as a bonus, are often more amenable to tweaks and updates than federal laws seem to be.
You can find the decision authored by Judge William Pryor, and a one-paragraph dissent from Judge Jill Pryor, at this link. (The very short dissent is quite curious.)
From the majority opinion:
This appeal involves four recently enacted provisions… Continue reading
I failed to blog about this opinion that was released last fall (in October), Simpson v. Hutchinson. A three-judge district court issued the decision, Circuit Judge Stras, joined by District Judges Marshall and Moody. The court dismissed the complaint… Continue reading
AP:
President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced… Continue reading
Hansi Lo Wang for NPR:
The roots of the next potential U.S. Supreme Court showdown that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act’s protections against racial discrimination can be traced to a handful of sentences by Justice Neil Gorsuch.… Continue reading
Mississippi Free Press:
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Buck v. Reeves, a case alleging that the state’s congressional maps are racially gerrymandered. The decision affirms that Mississippi is no longer required to get federal preclearance for… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Ellen Katz, part of the #ELB20th Anniversary retrospective:
Don’t Change A Thing?
I found myself humming this early 80s INXS song shortly after receiving Rick’s kind invitation to post something marking the… Continue reading
An Eighth Circuit panel recently heard oral argument (MP3) in Arkansas State Conference NAACP vs. Arkansas Board of Apportionment. It’s an appeal from a district court decision concluding that private parties may not sue under Section 2 of… Continue reading