A unanimous 3-judge court (including the district court judge who recently upheld North Carolina’s strict voting law) has held in a 167-page opinion that challenged North Carolina legislative districts are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders and need to be redrawn.
This ruling… Continue reading
And he doesn’t seem to understand that you can’t figure out how many people are deterred by voter id laws just by counting how many actually show up at the polls and cannot vote:
The final version of Justin Levitt’s must read piece on the relationship between the VRA’s districting requirements and racial gerrymandering claims is now out from the FSU Law Review and available at SSRN. It is just in time as the… Continue reading
And so far nada. Coming up on Thursday.
Time works against the state right now, given that changes closer to the election are disfavored and the state has been implementing the 4th Circuit’s ruling.
NYT:
A Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials with knowledge of the case said Wednesday.
The widening scope of… Continue reading
Column:
But despite Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos’ acceptance of the compromise 2016 plan worked out by the state, the Justice Department and minority rights groups, (and despite several other favorable decisions affecting Texas and other states,) the battle against… Continue reading
