Category Archives: Department of Justice

“SC’s voter ID lawsuit cost $3.5 million; But court rules federal government must cover some of the costs”

January 5, 2013, 8:36 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The State: “It cost South Carolina $3.5 million to sue the federal government over the state’s voter ID law – but the federal government will have to pay some of that bill. Late Friday, a court ruled that because South… Continue reading

Texas Solictor General Responds to My Comment About Its Shelby County Amicus Brief

January 5, 2013, 8:26 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In response to my January 3 post, Texas Remarkably Fails to Mention in Amicus Brief Against Voting Rights Act That Court Found It Engaged in Purposeful Racial Discrimination in Voting Last Year, Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell sends along… Continue reading

“America Has Changed, So Voting Rights Act Section 5 Is No Longer Constitutional”

January 4, 2013, 10:10 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ilya Shapiro blogs.

Texas Remarkably Fails to Mention in Amicus Brief Against Voting Rights Act That Court Found It Engaged in Purposeful Racial Discrimination in Voting Last Year

January 3, 2013, 9:27 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

A remarkable omission in the Texas amicus brief in the Shelby County voting rights case before the Supreme Court: there’s all this talk about how burdensome the law is in relation to the DOJ fight over Texas’s voter identification law.… Continue reading

Numerous Amicus Briefs, Including by Some Covered States, Filed Against Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act Section 5, in Shelby County Case

January 3, 2013, 7:51 pmDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Via the Project on Fair Representation (representing Shelby County): Amicus Briefs Alabama Alaska American Unity Legal Defense Fund Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina and South Dakota Cato Institute Former Government Officials John Nix, Anthony Cuomo and Dr. Abigail Thernstrom Judicial Education … Continue reading

“Conservative Group Attempts To Block New Hampshire’s Bailout From Voting Rights Act”

January 2, 2013, 2:11 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly reports for HuffPo.

“New Hampshire and Justice Department Reach First State Bailout Agreement”

December 21, 2012, 4:26 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release: “The State of New Hampshire and the United States Attorney General reached an agreement today that would grant a bailout for the ten towns and townships in the State that are subject to the preclearance requirements of… Continue reading

“Speedy Appeal on Voter ID Law”

December 18, 2012, 7:56 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog: “The time may be short for the Supreme Court to act on the state of Texas’s power to impose a new voter photo ID law, but the state nevertheless plans to pursue a prompt appeal in… Continue reading