Monthly Archives: March 2013
WSJ “Journal Editorial Report” Tackles Shelby County Oral Argument
“Biden Leads Re-enactment of Voting Rights March”
SNL Takes on Shelby County Oral Argument
Really? with Seth and Kevin. “The South is still the Michael Jordan of racism.” VRA is a backup defender.
“I don’t think you get to say what’s outdated when you’re a small council of old people in robes who can’t… Continue reading
Totenberg: Voting Rights Act Section 5 “Dead Meat”
NPR:
SIMON: Based on what was reported about the oral arguments, it seems like the Voting Rights Act might be in trouble.
TOTENBERG: I’d say dead meat. I’d be wildly astonished if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,… Continue reading
New Hampshire Gets Voting Rights Bailout
Justin Levitt posts the order and notes its possible significance, As Ryan Reilly reported, a conservative group tried to block the bailout. Both sides are using the New Hampshire case to debate the fairness and necessity of continued section… Continue reading
“The Voting Rights Act, Stuck in the Past”
“Up with Chris Hayes” Tackles Voting Rights
Here.
“In Voting Rights Arguments, Chief Justice Misconstrued Census Data”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.
MORE from Politico.
Thought of the Evening
The interesting national conversation we are having about race, racism and voting rights should have happened in 2006, when Congress renewed the Voting Rights Act.
“A Divide on Voting Rights Where Blood Spilled”
NYT: “In the refined air of the United States Supreme Court, the questions posed by justices on Wednesday seemed so big as to be unanswerable: Are parts of the Voting Rights Act an unfair infringement on state sovereignty? How… Continue reading
“Birkenstock, Gilbert, Colbert, and Super PACs”
This item appears in the Virginia Law Weekly.
“True the Vote Presents False Findings”
Rob Richie traces the ever-evolving TTV report. It begins:
Yesterday I helped my colleague Andrea Levien expose on the FairVote blog that True the Vote — an organization that purports to be dedicated to reducing voter fraud and has been… Continue reading