[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/4/13

[Rick Hasen]

    "Eric Holder: Voting Rights Act Can't Be Called Unnecessary Yet"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48007>

Posted on March 3, 2013 11:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48007> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/holder-voting-rights-act_n_2802793.html>.

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    WSJ "Journal Editorial Report" Tackles Shelby County Oral Argument
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48004>

Posted on March 3, 2013 10:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48004> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Transcript 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578339170448540646.html>.

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    "Biden Leads Re-enactment of Voting Rights March"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48001>

Posted on March 3, 2013 5:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48001> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/03/03/us/ap-us-voting-rights-march-1st-ld.html?ref=politics>

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    SNL Takes on Shelby County Oral Argument
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47997>

Posted on March 3, 2013 2:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47997> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Really? <http://www.hulu.com/watch/462770?playlist_id=1529> 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"I don't think you get to say what's outdated when you're a small 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 be fired."

via Amanda Becker 
<https://twitter.com/RollCallAmanda/status/308338776801947650> and Kevin 
Collins <https://twitter.com/kwcollins/status/308344077286514688>.

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    Totenberg: Voting Rights Act Section 5 "Dead Meat"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47994>

Posted on March 3, 2013 1:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47994> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NPR 
<http://www.npr.org/2013/03/02/173303504/voting-rights-act-takes-harsh-criticism-in-court>:

    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, the [pre]clearance section, survives this
    iteration of legal arguments. And just four years ago, when the
    court upheld the Voting Rights Act, it held its nose and said,
    Congress, you better take a serious look at this law and see if the
    formula for who's covered needs changing. And Congress, of course,
    didn't change it. So, it was pretty hostile questioning from the
    conservative wing of the court. And that's five justices I could
    count pretty clearly.

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