Monthly Archives: August 2015

“Hurricane SCOTUS: The Hubris of Striking our Democracy’s Discrimination Checkpoint in Shelby County & the Resulting Thunderstorm Assault on Voting Rights”

August 6, 2015, 12:35 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ryan Haygood article now posted at the Harvard Law and Policy Review, with this accompanying blog post.

“The Voting Rights Act is a grand success!”

August 6, 2015, 12:32 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ilya Shapiro thinks today on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act we should celebrate the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County decision to eviscerate a key portion of the act. It would be funny if it were not so… Continue reading

“State Constitutions: The Next Frontier in Voting Rights Protection”

August 6, 2015, 12:30 pmvoting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Josh Douglas at ACS: Fifty years later, and we are still trying to figure out the puzzle. Today – the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act – represents both a milestone and an opportunity. It is a milestone that… Continue reading

“The Voting Rights Act at 50: The Texas Voter ID Story – Timeline”

August 6, 2015, 12:29 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

New report posted by the Lawyers’ Committee.

“Constitution Check: Who has the job of picking the candidates for the presidency?”

August 6, 2015, 12:28 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston at Constitution Daily.

“The Unfortunate Evolution of the Voting Rights Act; A great law that protected minority voters has in recent decades become a sword for politicians in both parties.”

August 6, 2015, 12:23 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Edward Blum WSJ oped. The correction to the story is incorrect. Justice Thomas did not write for the majority in Holder v. Hall.

“Roberts’ iffy support for voting rights”

August 6, 2015, 10:17 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is my 2005 LA Times oped on Chief Justice Roberts’ role in working for the Reagan administration against the expansion of the Voting Rights Act in 1982 (the expansion which created Section 2 as we know it today, which… Continue reading

“For Latinos, 1965 Voting Rights Act Impact Came A Decade Later”

August 6, 2015, 9:25 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

“The Original Voter Suppression Data: The Numbers Behind the 1965 Voting Rights Act”

August 6, 2015, 9:19 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jon Sherman: After a long and difficult battle culminating in the Selma to Montgomery March, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was born 50 years ago today. Previous efforts had failed to curb racial discrimination in voting, but the VRA’s… Continue reading

“State Legislatures Adjourning, But Voting Rights Still Center Stage”

August 6, 2015, 9:17 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Goldfeder and Perez for NYLJ.

2 PM Eastern: President Obama in Video Conference of VRA 50th Anniversary

August 6, 2015, 8:51 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: “President Obama Participates in a Video Conference to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. The President will be joined by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Congressman John Lewis, along with advocates and officials who… Continue reading

GOP Statement on Voting Rights Act Celebrates Early Voting, While GOP Legislators Cut It Back

August 6, 2015, 8:38 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Republican National Committee statement on the 50 anniversary of Voting Rights Act: “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enjoyed broad Republican support, but protecting citizens’ right to vote in free and fair elections is not merely a Republican priority. It… Continue reading

“How to Save the Voting Rights Act”

August 6, 2015, 7:30 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see also my coverage of yesterday’s very important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.] I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In 2010, the Simpsons featured a … Continue reading