And We’re Back to the “Messes with Texas” Headlines
The Week on today’s DOJ move.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
“Eric Holder Sues Texas Over Voter ID. Here’s Why It’s a Long Shot.”
Read the DOJ Complaint Against Texas
Here.
Rep. Sensenbrenner Issues Comment Regretting DOJ Suit on Voter ID
This, from the Republican Democrats have been counting on to try to push a legislative fix after the Shelby County decision:
Congressman Sensenbrenner: “I regret that the Department of Justice announced its intent to file a lawsuit against Texas’… Continue reading
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
“Voting Wars Redux in Texas”
CJR on resources for journalists.
Question of the Day: Is Attack on VRA Section 2 Next?
“Wonder if Texas will argue if sec[tion] 2 is unconstitutional.”
–Franita Tolson
Indeed, this has been one of my main worries about the next shoe to drop.
Ari Berman on DOJ’s Texas Moves
Here, at The Nation.
“Was 2012 The Worst Year Ever for Voting Rights?”
The Daily Beast reports.
Very good piece but terrible headline. Think of any year before 1965’s enactment of the Voting Rights Act, for example.
The Present Day Ramifications of the Supreme Court's 1964 Decision on Designing Democratic Institutions in Colorado?
For those of you who teach (as I do) the amazing one-vote, one-person case of Lucas v. The Forty-Fourth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, or for others wishing to understand urban v. rural conflicts in the design of… Continue reading
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
Wautaga, NC Elections Board Tries to Alter Meeting Minutes, Keep Out Video of Meetings
Quote of the Day – Colin Powell
“You can say what you like, but there is no voter fraud,….How can it be widespread and undetected?”
—Colin Powell, speaking in North Carolina in front of NC Gov. Pat McCrory