[EL] "risible"
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Aug 7 09:48:36 PDT 2015
I engaged in the analysis that Shelby County was a good thing in this piece:
*
Shelby County and the Illusion of Minimalism
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>, 22/William
and Mary Bill of Rights J./713 (2014)
I don't see a need to put all of my detailed ideas forward in every blog
post linking to another piece.
But the idea that you would use the 50th anniversary of the Voting
Rights Act to celebrate a ruling that virtually all voting rights
activists condemn is an insult to those who literally died or were
injured in the struggle to obtain equal voting rights.
Rick
*
On 8/7/15 9:14 AM, Ilya Shapiro wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Rather than engage my analysis or characterize it in short-form as
> "wrong because X" -- perfectly acceptable; we'll agree to disagree --
> you make fun of it. As if I'm not being serious or sincere. As if
> taking constitutional text and structure on their own terms were some
> zany idea. As if courts should simply defer regardless of legal defect
> whenever there's a super-majority in the legislature (conservatives
> make this mistake too).
>
> The VRA has been a tremendously successful law, so successful that it
> made Shelby County a ridiculously easy case. Both of those are good
> things. Deal with it.
>
> Ilya Shapiro
> Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies
> Cato Institute
> 1000 Mass. Ave. NW
> Washington, DC 20001
> Tel. 202-218-4600
> Cel. 202-577-1134
> www.cato.org/people/shapiro.html <http://www.cato.org/people/shapiro.html>
> twitter.com/ishapiro <http://twitter.com/ishapiro>
>
> On Aug 7, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu
> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>
>>
>> More on Republican Commemoration of VRA 50th Anniversary
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75118>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:43 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75118>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Sen. McConnelltells the
>> NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/us/obama-urges-restoring-voting-rights-provisions.html?ref=politics>that
>> no VRA fix is necessary:
>>
>> On Thursday, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and
>> the majority leader, said the law “has been a big success; it’s
>> worked,” and suggested that a revision was not needed.
>>
>> “It is also important to understand how different the South is
>> now,” Mr. McConnell said, adding that there were more black
>> elected officials in Mississippi than in any other state.
>> “America’s come a long way, and the Voting Rights Act is intact,
>> it was not struck down.”
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75118&title=More%20on%20Republican%20Commemoration%20of%20VRA%2050th%20Anniversary&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>,VRAA
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
>>
>>
>> “Obama Urges Restoring Voting Rights Provisions”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75116>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:42 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75116>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NYT reports.
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/us/obama-urges-restoring-voting-rights-provisions.html?ref=politics>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75116&title=%E2%80%9CObama%20Urges%20Restoring%20Voting%20Rights%20Provisions%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
>> “Voting Rights Law, Then and Now”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75114>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:38 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75114>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Nate Persily
>> <http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/08/voting-rights-law-then-and-now/>at
>> Constitution Daily.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75114&title=%E2%80%9CVoting%20Rights%20Law%2C%20Then%20and%20Now%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “A troubled semicentennial remembrance of the Voting Rights Act”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75112>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:37 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75112>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Rick Valelly
>> <http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/08/a-troubled-semicentennial-remembrance-of-the-voting-rights-act/>at
>> Constitution Daily.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75112&title=%E2%80%9CA%20troubled%20semicentennial%20remembrance%20of%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “Advocates Call On Democratic Party To Drop Lawsuit, Comply With
>> Subpoena” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75110>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:35 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75110>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> CT News Junkie
>> <http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/advocates_call_on_democratic_party_to_drop_lawsuit_comply_with_subpoena/>:
>>
>> Common Cause of Connecticut on Wednesday called upon the
>> Connecticut Democratic Party to drop its challenge of the state’s
>> clean election laws.
>>
>> The lawsuit servedTuesday
>> <http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/dems_file_second_lawsuit_against_election_regulators/>is
>> the second since the start of the 10-month investigation into
>> mailings the party did on behalf of Democratic Gov. Dannel P.
>> Malloy during the 2014 election cycle.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75110&title=%E2%80%9CAdvocates%20Call%20On%20Democratic%20Party%20To%20Drop%20Lawsuit%2C%20Comply%20With%20Subpoena%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>
>>
>> “Let watchdog do its job without partisanship”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75108>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:32 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75108>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> /Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/
>> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/let-watchdog-do-its-job-without-partisanship-b99551946z1-320983601.html>editoria
>> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/let-watchdog-do-its-job-without-partisanship-b99551946z1-320983601.html>l
>> on GAB.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75108&title=%E2%80%9CLet%20watchdog%20do%20its%20job%20without%20partisanship%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inelection administration
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>
>>
>> “The Real Voter Fraud is Texas’ Voter ID Law”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75106>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:29 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75106>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Lead NYT editorial.
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/opinion/the-real-voter-fraud-is-texas-id-law.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75106&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Real%20Voter%20Fraud%20is%20Texas%E2%80%99%20Voter%20ID%20Law%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The
>> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,Voting Rights Act
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “In Republican debate, little talk about big money”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75104>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 8:21 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75104>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> CPI
>> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/06/17801/republican-debate-little-talk-about-big-money>:
>>
>> Midway through the debate, Fox News co-moderator Bret Baier
>> explained thatDonald Trump
>> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/06/16/17488/9-things-know-about-donald-trump>has
>> given money to numerous Democrats over the years.
>>
>> Baier then noted that Trump has previously stated that
>> politicians do favors for contributions.
>>
>> “You better believe it,” Trump told Baier.
>>
>> “I give to everybody. When they call, I give,” Trump said,
>> quickly adding that he considers the nation’s political money
>> system a “broken system.”
>>
>> Trump said that adecade ago
>> <http://time.com/3988313/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-wedding/>,
>> after he made a donation to Democratic presidential
>> frontrunnerHillary Clinton
>> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/12/17107/12-things-know-about-hillary-clinton>,
>> then a senator, he asked Clinton to come to his wedding.
>>
>> “She had no choice, because I gave,” Trump said. (A Clinton
>> aidesaid
>> <http://twitter.com/amychozick/status/629483730172837889>Trump’s
>> assertion was “ridiculous” and “hurt” Clinton’s feelings.)
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75104&title=%E2%80%9CIn%20Republican%20debate%2C%20little%20talk%20about%20big%20money%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted incampaign finance
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>>
>>
>> “Campaign finance in the US and the UK: A comparative assessment”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75102>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 7:48 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75102>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Dentons has postedthis analysis.
>> <http://www.dentons.com/en/insights/alerts/2015/august/4/campaign-finance-in-the-us-and-the-uk-a-comparative-assessment?ParentItemID=ktrrmYwQ8YF3a5SKjru8rjQh4mofQ7sXIz2lFCnRwTHpmyWPUqCnxA==&Archive=False>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75102&title=%E2%80%9CCampaign%20finance%20in%20the%20US%20and%20the%20UK%3A%20A%20comparative%20assessment%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted incampaign finance
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,comparative election law
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=107>
>>
>>
>> AALS Election Law Call for Papers
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72943>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 7:30 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72943>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> [/bumping to the top with deadline approaching/]
>>
>> From Josh Douglas:
>>
>> The AALS Section on Election Law is is seeking abstracts or
>> drafts of papers to be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting in
>> New York, NY. This year’s program is entitled: *Election Law at
>> the Local Level*.
>>
>> Here the program description:
>>
>> Although national election controversies grab the headlines,
>> decisions made at the local level impact our elections in
>> important ways – and even contribute to those national issues.
>> Local and state actors play a front-line role in administering
>> elections for all levels of government. This panel will focus on
>> how local jurisdictions handle important issues such as ballot
>> access, voting rights, early voting, Election Day processes, and
>> post-election disputes. Panelists will explain how these issues
>> relate to the smooth running of the election, and how they might
>> impact the 2016 presidential election season. One panelist will
>> be chosen from a Call for Papers.
>>
>> Confirmed panelists include Jocelyn Benson (Wayne State), Rich
>> Ford (Stanford), David Schleicher (Yale), and Trey Greyson
>> (former Kentucky Secretary of State). We are looking for one
>> additional panelist to join this distinguished group.
>>
>> The program will take place on*Friday, January 8, 2016 from 10:30
>> am-12:15 pm*.
>>
>> Please submit an abstract or draft paper to Section Chair Josh
>> Douglas atjoshuadouglas at uky.edu. The deadline is*August 15, 2015*.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D72943&title=AALS%20Election%20Law%20Call%20for%20Papers&description=>
>> Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
>> “Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel pledge to not run against each
>> other” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75099>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 7, 2015 7:29 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75099>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Miami Herald:
>> <http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2015/08/ted-deutch-and-lois-frankel-pledge-to-not-run-against-each-other.html>
>>
>> “U.S. Representatives*Ted Deutch*and*Lois Frankel*issued a joint
>> statement today in response to the proposed map by the state
>> Legislature which shows that their homes will both be in District
>> 21.”
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75099&title=%E2%80%9CTed%20Deutch%20and%20Lois%20Frankel%20pledge%20to%20not%20run%20against%20each%20other%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
>>
>>
>> “The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75097>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 4:07 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75097>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Bloomberg
>> <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-06/the-king-of-coal-made-a-hidden-1-million-bet-on-jeb-bush>:
>>
>> Chris Cline, the billionaire coal baron, revealed himself today
>> as the donor behind a $1 million contribution to a super-PAC
>> supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign….
>>
>> Cline’s donation was listed as having come from a company known
>> as Jasper Reserves LLC, about which little was known before
>> Thursday beyond an address in downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
>> In his statement, Glasser acknowledged that Jasper Reserves “is a
>> Chris Cline company.”
>>
>> The contribution also points to a loophole in the campaign
>> finance system. Under current law, super-PACs can receive
>> unlimited donations from individuals, corporations and other
>> businesses, but they must regularly disclose their identities.
>>
>> Using a shell corporation that’s not easily traced to its creator
>> is one way big donors can avoid the disclosure requirement.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75097&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20King%20of%20Coal%20Reveals%20%241%20Million%20Bet%20on%20Jeb%20Bush%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>
>>
>> Guy Charles Talks with NPR’s Here and Now About VRA 50th
>> Anniverary <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75095>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 1:01 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75095>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Listen
>> <http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/08/06/voting-rights-act-anniversary>.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75095&title=Guy%20Charles%20Talks%20with%20NPR%E2%80%99s%20Here%20and%20Now%20About%20VRA%2050th%20Anniverary&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “What Comes Next For Texas’ Voter ID Case”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75093>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 1:00 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75093>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> TPM reports.
>> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/texas-voter-id-decision-whats-next>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75093&title=%E2%80%9CWhat%20Comes%20Next%20For%20Texas%E2%80%99%20Voter%20ID%20Case%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
>> “The Voting Rights Act turns 50 today. Here are three trends in
>> minority voting you should know about.”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75091>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:42 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75091>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Bernard Fraga
>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/06/the-voting-rights-act-turns-50-today-here-are-three-trends-in-minority-voting-you-should-know-about/>for
>> The Monkey Cage:
>>
>> African Americans can (and do) vote at far higher rates than they
>> did in the decade before the Voting Rights Act, according to the
>> evidence. But Latino and Asian-American turnout remain so low
>> that our elections may be less representative of the
>> racial/ethnic mix of the country than they were 50 years ago.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75091&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20turns%2050%20today.%20Here%20are%20three%20trends%20in%20minority%20voting%20you%20should%20know%20about.%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>,Voting Rights
>> Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> Roundup of Stories on 5th Circuit TX Voter ID Decision
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75089>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:38 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75089>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Howard <http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/080615.html#063143>(who
>> else?).
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75089&title=Roundup%20of%20Stories%20on%205th%20Circuit%20TX%20Voter%20ID%20Decision&description=>
>> Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
>> “The Eyes of Texas” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75087>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:36 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75087>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Mimi Marziani<http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-eyes-of-texas>at ACS
>> on the 5th Circuit’s voter id decision.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75087&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Eyes%20of%20Texas%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inThe Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter
>> id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “Hurricane SCOTUS: The Hubris of Striking our Democracy’s
>> Discrimination Checkpoint in Shelby County & the Resulting
>> Thunderstorm Assault on Voting Rights”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75085>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:35 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75085>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Ryan Haygood article
>> <http://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10.1_Haygood_Shelby-County.pdf>now
>> posted at the Harvard Law and Policy Review, with this
>> accompanyingblog post
>> <http://harvardlpr.com/2015/08/06/fifty-years-after-the-voting-rights-act-two-years-after-shelby-county/>.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75085&title=%E2%80%9CHurricane%20SCOTUS%3A%20The%20Hubris%20of%20Striking%20our%20Democracy%E2%80%99s%20Discrimination%20Checkpoint%20in%20Shelby%20County%20%26%20the%20Resulting%20Thunderstorm%20Assault%20on%20Voting%20Rights%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “The Voting Rights Act is a grand success!”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75083>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:32 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75083>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Ilya Shapiro
>> <http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-voting-rights-act-is-a-grand-success/article/2569622>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 risible.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75083&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20is%20a%20grand%20success%21%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “State Constitutions: The Next Frontier in Voting Rights
>> Protection” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75081>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:30 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75081>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Josh Douglas
>> <http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/state-constitutions-the-next-frontier-in-voting-rights-protection>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 allows us to reflect on how far we have come in protecting
>> the right to vote. It is an opportunity to discern how best to
>> protect the right to vote during the next fifty years, and
>> beyond, particularly in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’srecent
>> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/northwest-austin-municipal-utility-district-number-one-v-eric-holder-jr-attorney-general-et-al/>decisions
>> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/shelby-county-v-holder/>curtailing
>> that hallowed law.
>>
>> In anew Issue Brief
>> <https://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/Douglas_Right_to_Vote_State_Courts_and_Constitutions_-_Issue_Brief_1.pdf>,
>> which stems from tworecent
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2234762>scholarly
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2495078>articles
>> on the subject, I argue that, particularly given recent Supreme
>> Court rulings and the now-reduced force of the Voting Rights Act,
>> the answer of how best to protect the right to vote lies with
>> state constitutions and state courts.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75081&title=%E2%80%9CState%20Constitutions%3A%20The%20Next%20Frontier%20in%20Voting%20Rights%20Protection%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>,Voting Rights
>> Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “The Voting Rights Act at 50: The Texas Voter ID Story –
>> Timeline” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75079>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:29 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75079>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> New report <https://lawyerscommittee.org/pages/vra-at-50/>posted by
>> the Lawyers’ Committee.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75079&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20at%2050%3A%20The%20Texas%20Voter%20ID%20Story%20%E2%80%93%20Timeline%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “Constitution Check: Who has the job of picking the candidates
>> for the presidency?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75077>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:28 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75077>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Lyle Denniston
>> <http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/08/constitution-check-who-has-the-job-of-picking-the-candidates-for-the-presidency/>at
>> Constitution Daily.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75077&title=%E2%80%9CConstitution%20Check%3A%20Who%20has%20the%20job%20of%20picking%20the%20candidates%20for%20the%20presidency%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>>
>>
>> “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.”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75072>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 12:23 pm
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75072>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Edward Blum WSJ oped.
>> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-unfortunate-evolution-of-the-voting-rights-act-1438813569>
>>
>> The correction to the story is incorrect. Justice Thomas did not
>> write for the majority inHolder v. Hall
>> <https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5399157163793733966&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr>.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75072&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Unfortunate%20Evolution%20of%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%3B%20A%20great%20law%20that%20protected%20minority%20voters%20has%20in%20recent%20decades%20become%20a%20sword%20for%20politicians%20in%20both%20parties.%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “Roberts’ iffy support for voting rights”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75070>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 10:17 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75070>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Here is my 2005 LA Times
>> oped<http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/03/opinion/oe-hasen3>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 was used to strike
>> down Texas’s voter law yesterday). The oped concludes:
>>
>> When Congress reauthorizes Section 5, will the Supreme Court
>> uphold it against charges that it tramples states’ rights? Some
>> worry the court may not.
>>
>> Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s votes in these federalism cases
>> have been pivotal, and her vote in 2004 to uphold a provision of
>> the Americans with Disabilities Act had given those in the civil
>> rights community grounds to be optimistic that a renewed Voting
>> Rights Act could pass constitutional muster.
>>
>> Roberts’ writings, on the other hand, show much more skepticism
>> of congressional power, particularly on voting rights. Because
>> Roberts viewed the “effects” language in Section 2 as an
>> “intrusive interference” that is a “drastic alteration” of
>> American government and “constitutionally suspect,” why would he
>> look charitably on a renewed Section 5?
>>
>> I would not count on him to uphold it.
>>
>> We all now know how that story ends, withJohn Roberts in the starring
>> role
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/opinion/the-chief-justices-long-game.html>.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75070&title=%E2%80%9CRoberts%E2%80%99%20iffy%20support%20for%20voting%20rights%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,Voting
>> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “For Latinos, 1965 Voting Rights Act Impact Came A Decade Later”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75068>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 9:25 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75068>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NBC News reports.
>> <http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-1965-voting-rights-act-impact-came-decade-later-n404936>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75068&title=%E2%80%9CFor%20Latinos%2C%201965%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Impact%20Came%20A%20Decade%20Later%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “The Original Voter Suppression Data: The Numbers Behind the 1965
>> Voting Rights Act” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75066>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 9:19 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75066>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Jon Sherman
>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-sherman/the-original-voter-suppre_b_7948292.html>:
>>
>> 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 passage marked the
>> beginning of a new era. As we commemorate this singular
>> achievement of the Civil Rights Movement and think about the
>> inspiring stories of the people who worked to pass this
>> legislation, the Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN) sought to
>> revisit the numbers behind the VRA’s most innovative and
>> transformative provision: mandatory preclearance of all voting
>> changes for certain states and jurisdictions.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75066&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Original%20Voter%20Suppression%20Data%3A%20The%20Numbers%20Behind%20the%201965%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “State Legislatures Adjourning, But Voting Rights Still Center
>> Stage” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75064>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 9:17 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75064>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Goldfeder and Perez
>> <http://www.stroock.com/siteFiles/Publications/StateLegislaturesAdjourningButVotingRightsStillCenterStage.pdf>for
>> NYLJ.
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75064&title=%E2%80%9CState%20Legislatures%20Adjourning%2C%20But%20Voting%20Rights%20Still%20Center%20Stage%E2%80%9D&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> 2 PM Eastern: President Obama in Video Conference of VRA 50th
>> Anniversary <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75061>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 8:51 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75061>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Here
>> <https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-participates-video-conference-commemorate-50th-anniversary-voting-rights-act>:
>> “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 have worked to
>> strengthen and protect Americans’ right to vote.”
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75061&title=2%20PM%20Eastern%3A%20President%20Obama%20in%20Video%20Conference%20of%20VRA%2050th%20Anniversary&description=>
>> Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>>
>>
>> GOP Statement on Voting Rights Act Celebrates Early Voting, While
>> GOP Legislators Cut It Back <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75056>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 8:38 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75056>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Republican National Committeestatement
>> <https://gop.com/rnc-statement-on-50th-anniversary-of-voting-rights-act/> 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 is an American priority.
>> Today, as we enjoy more access to the polls – through early,
>> absentee and weekend voting – than in past decades, we celebrate
>> the sacrifice, accomplishments, and memory of those who made it
>> possible.”
>>
>> Yet in North Carolina
>> <http://harvardlawreview.org/2014/01/race-or-party-how-courts-should-think-about-republican-efforts-to-make-it-harder-to-vote-in-north-carolina-and-elsewhere/>,
>> Ohio, Wisconsin (where Priebus is from) and elsewhere, Republican
>> legislators have voted to cut back early voting, and to impose
>> additional voting restrictions, such as more onerous voter
>> identification laws.
>>
>> Nor is the GOP supporting efforts to amend the Voting Rights Act
>> after the Supreme Court’s 2013 opinion in /Shelby County v.
>> Holder/gutting a key part of it.
>>
>> Here is the full statement:
>>
>> <Screen-Shot-2015-08-06-at-8.43.31-AM.png>
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2015-08-06-at-8.43.31-AM.png>
>>
>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D75056&title=GOP%20Statement%20on%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Celebrates%20Early%20Voting%2C%20While%20GOP%20Legislators%20Cut%20It%20Back&description=>
>> Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>> “How to Save the Voting Rights Act”
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74899>
>>
>> Posted onAugust 6, 2015 7:30 am
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74899>byRick Hasen
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> [bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see
>> alsomy coverage<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74972>of yesterday’s
>> very important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.]
>>
>> I have writtenthis
>> piece<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/08/how_to_save_the_voting_rights_act_voting_rights_shouldn_t_rely_on_parsing.html>for
>> /Slate/. It begins:
>>
>> In 2010, the/Simpsons/featured a news helicopter
>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/22/simpsons-mocks-fox-news-racist_n_786712.html>emblazoned
>> with the logo: “FOX News: Not Racist, But #1 with Racists.” That
>> slogan might be applied to today’s Republican Party, which in
>> recent years has actively passed voting laws that make it harder
>> for poor and minority voters to vote. Whether to label the
>> Republican Party “racist” isn’t an academic exercise. The
>> question is actually at the heart of lawsuits over the future of
>> voting rights in Texas and North Carolina. It’s also a question
>> with historical resonance, particularly on the eve of the Voting
>> Rights Act’s 50^th anniversary this week.
>>
>> The five-decade history of the Voting Rights Act is told
>> masterfully in Ari Berman’s new book,/Give Us the Ballot: The
>> Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America/
>> <http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374158274/?tag=slatmaga-20>. Berman
>> starts around the time of the Selma, Alabama, marches, but unlike
>> the movie /Selma/
>> <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V8Z7E1Y/?tag=slatmaga-20>, Berman
>> goes on to give us the rest of the history: the expansion of
>> voting rights protections in 1970 and 1975 to include Latinos,
>> Native Americans, and others over the objections of racists, many
>> in the Democratic Party; the important 1982 rewriting of Section
>> 2 of the Voting Rights Act, providing additional protections for
>> minority voters nationally, and (now Chief Justice) John Roberts’
>> key role for the Reagan administration in unsuccessfully fighting
>> against the expansion; hot disputes over voting rights in Florida
>> in the 2000 election; the controversial renewal of the expiring
>> “preclearance provisions” of the act in 2006 that continued to
>> require states with a history of discrimination to get federal
>> approval before changing their voting laws; and the ongoing
>> “voting wars
>> <http://www.amazon.com/The-Voting-Wars-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300198248>”
>> that accelerated when Roberts led the court’s conservatives in
>> striking down the 2006 preclearance renewal in/Shelby County v.
>> Holder/ <https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/570/12-96/>.
>>
>> Berman’s book, likeJim Rutenberg’s excellent cover story
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/magazine/voting-rights-act-dream-undone.html?_r=0>for
>> the/New York Times Magazine/on the 50^th anniversary of the
>> Voting Rights Act, views the struggles over voting rules
>> primarily through the lens of race. And although that is an
>> essential lens to apply, it downplays the growing role of
>> partisan politics in this story, a partisan struggle that is
>> having profound ramifications for the newest wave of court cases
>> involving voting restrictions. Put simply, the Republican Party
>> has reasons unrelated to racial animus to push new voting
>> restrictions.
>>
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>> Posted inelection administration
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,Voting Rights Act
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>> --
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>> Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>> UC Irvine School of Law
>> 401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
>> Irvine, CA 92697-8000
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