“Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the Voting Rights Act?”
The NYT summarizes perspectives on Brnovich.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“How Convenient Should Voting Be? Court Ruling Leaves No Clear Answer”
Nate Cohn’s analysis of Brnovich:
What kind of restrictions on voting violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? …The court’s decision didn’t offer a clear answer. Instead, it offered “guideposts” to illustrate why the Arizona law passed muster, without… Continue reading
SCOTUSblog Symposium on Brnovich
Watch Archived Video of UCI Law 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
You can watch here, with Emily Bazelon, Erwin Chemerinsky, Stephen Lee, Melissa Murray, and Paul Clement (I am the moderator):
Tune In Today: UCI Law’s 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
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11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review sponsored by LawWorks and TorkLaw
Tuesday, July 6 at 10:00am to 12:00pm Virtual Event
This exciting and entertaining annual program reviews the Supreme Court’s key cases decided in the most recent term, with an… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Laid the Groundwork for the Devastation to Come”
Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on Slate:
Until about a week ago, we heard a lot of media stories of a confounding and unpredictable court, with improbable lineups and unlikely bedfellows. And sure, there has been a lot… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Just Beginning To Flex Its Muscles”
538 reports on the just completed term:
[I]t’s important not to confuse disagreement among the conservative justices — which evidently exists — with disagreement over the direction the court is moving….Additionally, one caveat of the data we’ve looked at is… Continue reading
“US Supreme Court ruling cites outdated Arizona law on early ballots”
Tuscon.com:
A new ruling upholding Arizona election laws comes as state lawmakers just changed one of the reasons the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to leave those statutes in place.In concluding the ban on ballot harvesting does not violate the Voting… Continue reading
Doug Spencer: “Voting Rights Contortion in Brnovich”
The following is a guest post from Doug Spencer:
Last Thursday’s decision in Brnovich v. DNC exposed the skill of the Supreme Court’s conservative Justices to twist and bend the law in ways that were never intended. The Roberts… Continue reading
“Proving Racist Intent: Democrats Face High New Bar in Opposing Voting Laws”
NYT:
The 6-to-3 decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday that upheld voting restrictions in Arizona has effectively left voting rights advocates with a higher bar for bringing federal cases under the Voting Rights Act: proving discriminatory intent.That burden is… Continue reading
My Appearance on CNN’s OutFront, Talking About Brnovich
Watch my conversation with Poppy Harlow here.
Guy Charles and Chris Elmendorf Threads on Brnovich
“The Supreme Court is Putting Democracy at Risk”
I have written this guest essay for the New York Times. It begins:
In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court’s term, the court’s six-justice conservative majority, over the loud protests of its three-liberal minority, has shown itself hostile… Continue reading
Travis Crum: “Avoiding Avoidance in Brnovich”
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum:
In today’s decision in Brnovich v. DNC, the Supreme Court established a new, more stringent discriminatory-effects test for vote-denial claims brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.… Continue reading