[EL] "risible"
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Aug 7 10:05:50 PDT 2015
The "risible" was for your appalling lack on sensitivity to make such an
argument on the anniversary and to celebrate it as an accomplishment of
the act.
On 8/7/15 9:59 AM, Ilya Shapiro wrote:
> Arbitrary laws can't be appropriate.
>
> And Rick, you need not provide detailed engagement on every blogpost.
> But as I said, a shorthand like "Totally misunderstands the 15th
> Amendment" - to use Eric's example - is very different than "So
> laughable - as any position that disagrees with me on this matter must
> be - that anyone who says this must be some combination of stupid,
> disingenuous, or racist." (I extrapolate from your "risible" but of
> course we know that's the attack.)
>
> 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 9:54 AM, Eric J Segall <esegall at gsu.edu
> <mailto:esegall at gsu.edu>> wrote:
>
>> Have you read the text of the 15th Amendment?
>>
>>
>> 1) It is Congress' job to enforce;
>>
>> 2) through appropriate legislation.
>>
>>
>> That's all.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Ilya Shapiro <IShapiro at cato.org <mailto:IShapiro at cato.org>>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 7, 2015 12:50 PM
>> *To:* Eric J Segall
>> *Cc:* Rick Hasen; law-election at UCI.edu <mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>
>> *Subject:* Re: [EL] "risible"
>> Shelby County wasn't about equal sovereignty but about the idea that
>> federal powers are enumerated and therefore limited. Election
>> administration, like tort and criminal law, etc., is left to the
>> states -- unless they fail to such an extent as to justify a
>> temporary inversion of the normal federal system as allowed by the
>> 15th Amendment. That extraordinary abnormality, correctly identified
>> by the Court in 1966, had obviously disappeared by 2013.
>>
>> Nobody with a straight face can say that Sections 2 and 3 are
>> insufficient (let alone that 4b aligns violations and remedies).
>> Again, take text and structure seriously, throw out the ideological
>> frenzy and racial demagoguery, and Shelby County is an easy case that
>> celebrates and vindicates the VRA.
>>
>> 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 9:29 AM, Eric J Segall <esegall at gsu.edu
>> <mailto:esegall at gsu.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>> There is nothing in "text or structure" much less history (remember
>>> the Civil War) that leads to an equal state sovereignty principle.
>>> We do have an equal protection clause (for persons).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 7, 2015, at 12:20 PM, "Ilya Shapiro" <IShapiro at cato.org
>>> <mailto:IShapiro at cato.org>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> <share_save_171_16.png>
>>>>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D74899&title=%E2%80%9CHow%20to%20Save%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>>>> 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>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rick Hasen
>>>>> Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>>>>> UC Irvine School of Law
>>>>> 401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
>>>>> Irvine, CA 92697-8000
>>>>> 949.824.3072 - office
>>>>> 949.824.0495 - fax
>>>>> rhasen at law.uci.edu
>>>>> http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
>>>>> http://electionlawblog.org
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