Category Archives: Supreme Court

“Voting Rights and Private Rights of Action: An Empirical Study of Litigation Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 1982-2024”

August 12, 2025, 7:36 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Chris Seaman has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, FSU Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Voting Rights Act is perhaps the most effective civil rights law ever enacted, bringing millions of Americans who have historically been discriminated against… Continue reading

Election case curriculum videos

August 11, 2025, 3:02 pmelection law and constitutional law, Supreme Court, theoryJustin Levitt

Justin here. With the semester either beginning or around the corner, I wanted to lift up a series of great videos (illustrated, annotated, featuring case text, etc.) that the incomparable Guy-Uriel Charles and Sasha Natapoff have pulled together. Leading scholars… Continue reading

“How Alabama’s historic congressional map still faces uncertainty amid redistricting battles”

August 11, 2025, 8:26 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Al.com: In this sweltering political August, redistricting has become the hot fight of the moment. It’s driving Texas Democrats to flee their state, hunkering down in Illinois while Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to have lawmakers removed from office.… Continue reading

“It’s been 60 years since the Voting Rights Act was signed. Will it make it to 61?”

August 8, 2025, 4:20 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago this week. What the law will look like when it reaches its 61st anniversary next year is a big question. The landmark piece of legislation… Continue reading

I Spoke with Jen Rubin of “The Contrarian” on Courts Chipping Away at the Voting Rights Act, and the Supreme Court Perhaps Killing Off Section 2

August 8, 2025, 12:54 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can watch here.

I Was on the Bloomberg Law Podcast with June Grasso: “The Voting Rights Act Is in Jeopardy”

August 8, 2025, 9:04 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen here.

The Media’s Unfortunate Greater Interest in the Texas Redistricting Car Wreck than the Supreme Court’s Slow Poisoning of the Voting Rights Act

August 7, 2025, 7:44 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I’ve written about two big election stories this week, the newly ignited redistricting wars starting in Texas and the Supreme Court’s strong signal that it could kill off the Voting Rights Act Section 2 by next June. Judged by… Continue reading

Watch Video of My Appearance on the PBS News Hour Talking about the New Redistricting Wars and the Implications for the Voting Rights Act

August 6, 2025, 4:53 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can watch at this link: Or read the transcript.

I Spoke with Crooked Media’s “What a Day” About the Troubling Future of the Voting Rights Act in the Hands of the Supreme Court

August 6, 2025, 7:32 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Great conversation with Jane Coaston. You can listen here. We discussed my recent Slate piece, The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term.

Quote of the Day on the Future of the Voting Rights Act in the Supreme Court (Hoping Luis is Right Handed Just in Case)

August 5, 2025, 4:58 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

“To me, this is it . . .I would bet my left arm that they will tell us that Section 2 is in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment.” –Professor Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, quoted in Democracy Docket.

My New One at MSNBC Opinion: “Trump started a redistricting war. Only Congress can stop it.”

August 5, 2025, 10:33 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. It begins: A sudden war over redistricting has broken out in Texas and looks to spread across the country, with California, New York and elsewhere considering tit-for-tat Democratic partisan gerrymanders to… Continue reading

My New One at Slate on the Supreme Court Potentially Killing the Remaining Pillar of the Voting Rights Act: “The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term”

August 4, 2025, 7:27 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Reading the tea leaves from cryptic Supreme Court orders can be perilous business because the justices are not bound by the questions they ask at oral argument, the offhand comments they… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question

August 1, 2025, 2:28 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Supreme Court just issued this order: Louisiana had to create that second majority-minority district in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act, as it had been found to face Section 2 VRA liability for not creating that… Continue reading

“How the Supreme Court enabled the Texas-California redistricting fight”

August 1, 2025, 8:16 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob Egelko for the SF Chronicle.

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