5th Circuit in Texas Voter ID Case Asks Texas to Respond to Plaintiffs’ Stay Request by 12/28
Order via Raffi Melkonian.
Category Archives: voter id
Private Plaintiffs (But Not the U.S.) Ask 5th Circuit to Immediately Lift the Stay in the Texas Voter ID case
Back in September, a 5th Circuit’s motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, stayed a trial court order which would have blocked Texas from implementing its revised voter id law pending appeal.
The order specifically was not binding on the panel… Continue reading
“Federal appeals judges question challenge to revised Texas voter ID law”
Texas Tribune:
In Texas’ bid to keep its voter identification law intact, it was its legal foes — lawyers representing voting and civil rights groups and individual voters of color — who faced a tougher line of questioning Tuesday before… Continue reading
“Texas back in court on ‘discriminatory’ voter ID law”; 5th Circuit Panel Draw is Higginbotham, Jones, and Graves
Oral argument before the 5th Circuit Tuesday in Veasey case on the intentional discrimination question.
With Judges Edith Jones and James Graves on the panel, there is likely to be a dissent, given how each voted in the last … Continue reading
North Carolina Republican Leader Contemplates Voter ID Constitutional Amendment
It never ends.
On the last voter id law passed by the NC general assembly, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded: “Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt… Continue reading
LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case
Timing is Everything Dep’t: 5th Circuit Denies Request for Initial En Banc Consideration of Texas Voter ID Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied a request by opponents of Texas’s strict voter id law to have the state’s appeal of the ruling holding the law illegal and enacted with racially discriminatory purpose… Continue reading
Putting ID in the hands of voters
When I’ve spoken about voter ID rules in the past, I’ve consistently been asked why advocates haven’t put time and energy into helping people without the right ID get the right ID. And while it’s next to impossible for direct… Continue reading
The other costs of voter ID
1/9 Texas has spent more than *$4 million* to date defending its #voterID law, according to #s I received in a public records request today
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) October 5, 2017
Careful New Study Finds at Least Thousands in Two Wisconsin Counties Didn’t Vote Because of Voter ID Requirements, Confusion Over Them
Careful new study led by Ken Mayer:
A survey of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election found that 11.2% of eligible nonvoting registrants were deterred by the Wisconsin’s voter ID… Continue reading
Trump DOJ, Again Siding with Texas in Voter ID Case, Opposes Having Entire 5th Circuit Hear Appeal Initially
Full throated defense of Texas’s current position in this litigation, a 180 from where DOJ was during the Obama administration.
5th Circuit En Banc Won’t Consider Reinstating Block of Texas Voter ID Law, For Now
Last week I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court put this stay in place this even though the trial… Continue reading
Breaking: Challengers in Texas Voter ID Case Seek 5th Circuit En Banc Review of Stay Order and Full Review of Case
The other day I reported that a 5th Circuit motions panel, on a 2-1 vote, allowed Texas to enforce its revised voter id law pending appeal in the case. The court did this even though the trial court found Texas… Continue reading
5th Circuit Sets Oral Argument in Texas Voter ID Case for December, After First Setting It in November
Chuck Lindell with the schedule.