And We’re Back to the “Messes with Texas” Headlines
The Week on today’s DOJ move.
Category Archives: Department of Justice
“Eric Holder Sues Texas Over Voter ID. Here’s Why It’s a Long Shot.”
Read the DOJ Complaint Against Texas
Here.
Will DOJ Seek Preliminary Injunctive Relief in Texas Voter ID Case? Will It Get It?
Remember this exchange from the oral argument in Shelby County?
JUSTICE KENNEDY: Well, I — I do think the evidence is very clear that Section — that individual suits under Section 2 type litigation were just insufficient and that Section… Continue reading
Ari Berman on DOJ’s Texas Moves
Here, at The Nation.
A Few Quick Thoughts on DOJ’s Suit Against Texas on Voter ID and Moves on Redistricting
As I explained in this National Law Journal piece from a few weeks ago, AG Holder is trying whatever he can to make up for the loss of the preclearance provisions of Section 5.
But thanks to the Supreme Court’s… Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ Sues Texas Over Voter ID using Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
Press release:
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Justice Department to File New Lawsuit Against State of Texas Over Voter I.D. Law
The Department of Justice announced today that it will… Continue reading
“Supreme Error: North Carolina’s new voter suppression law shows why the Voting Rights Act is still necessary.”
I have written this Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
Usually it takes years to judge when the Supreme Court gets something very wrong. Think of Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the court in the 2010 campaign-finance case, Citizens United, freeing… Continue reading
Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas’s Wife, Interviews J. Christian Adams About Election Issues
“Kay Hagan Seeks Federal Review Of North Carolina Voting Law”
“Texas primaries could be delayed again over redistricting”
“How Far Will Justice Department Go Over Voting Rights?”
Texas shows Congress must update the Voting Rights Act
Thanks to Rick for inviting me to serve as a regular contributor at the Election Law Blog!
Click here for my latest at The Huffington Post.
An excerpt: “A recent court action against Texas is important, but it should… Continue reading
“A Critical Look at Holder’s Texas ‘Gambit'”
WSJ Law Blog:
Dusting off a little-used section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines last week when he asked a federal court in San Antonio to take back control of Texas’s voting rules.… Continue reading