Very Sad News: Gerry Hebert Has Passed Away

September 7, 2023, 8:37 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Leading voting rights litigator and champion, and overall mensch, Gerry Hebert has passed away. (I had mentioned on this blog his illness last May and was glad to have had a chance to talk to him and learn how much… Continue reading

Sending Healing Thoughts and Strength to Gerry Hebert

May 31, 2023, 6:55 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Our friend Gerry Hebert, with a long and distinguished career in voting rights at the Department of Justice and at the Campaign Legal Center (not to mention his role as “Bailout King“), is ill with brain cancer. Jerry… Continue reading

Bailout King Goes for First Statewide Voting Rights Bailout: New Hampshire

November 15, 2012, 8:29 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See this blog post linking to the complaint. And in case the connection to the Shelby County case (in which the Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of section 5) is lost on anyone, Gerry Hebert explains: “It should… Continue reading

“Could a Hurricane Like Sandy Postpone the Presidential Election?”

October 29, 2012, 9:37 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen interviews Jerry Goldfeder. Just like Gerry Hebert is the “Bailout King,” I think Jerry Goldfeder will be thought of as the “Presidential Election Disaster King.”

“Communities Find Relief From Voting Rights Act”

August 11, 2012, 10:17 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

NPR: “Over 21 years, attorney J. Gerald Hebert handled more than 100 civil rights cases as the Justice Department’s point man enforcing the Voting Rights Act. Now, he helps governments gain release from the law’s central mandate. In election… Continue reading

“Merced County voting restrictions should be lifted, feds say”

July 31, 2012, 8:23 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

McClatchy reports. And here’s the press release from the “Bailout King,” Gerry Hebert.

“Prince William County freed from voting act’s constraints”

April 12, 2012, 7:36 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Washington Times: “Prince William County this week became the largest local jurisdiction in the nation to be released from the requirements of a historic federal law ensuring fair treatment for minorities at the polls.” Also noted in the report:… Continue reading

The Bailout King Strikes Again

October 3, 2011, 1:31 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

Gerry Goes West

March 4, 2011, 12:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Bailout King comes to Texas.

Op-Ed from the Bailout King

August 12, 2010, 11:13 amUncategorizedDan Tokaji

Gerry Hebert offers these thoughts on why more localities haven’t bailed out of Section 5 coverage — and why they should.

The Bailout King Moves on to Kings Mountain, North Carolina

July 12, 2010, 8:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

See here.

More NAMUDNO Commentary

June 22, 2009, 5:29 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Bruce Ackerman Gerry Hebert (whom I used to call the “Bailout King,” but whom I will now refer to as “The Anomaly” (see Thomas, J. concurrence, fn. 1) Walter Dellinger, Linda Greenhouse, and Dahlia Lithwick (Slate’s “The Breakfast Table”) NPR… Continue reading

Another Virginia County Bails Out from Section 5 Coverage

September 18, 2008, 4:53 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Gerry the Bailout King does another one.

“Essex County, Virginia, Becomes Latest Local Government To Receive Voting Rights Act ‘Bailout'”

February 1, 2007, 8:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Gerry Hebert, the Bailout King, has issued this press release. An interesting snippet: “Hebert also noted that Essex County has the highest percentage of minority voters of any local government that has sought or obtained a bailout. The County… Continue reading