[EL] "risible"

[Marty Lederman]

sorry if I missed it -- where is the use of "risible" in question?

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Ilya Shapiro <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
> twitter.com/ishapiro
>
> On Aug 7, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
> More on Republican Commemoration of VRA 50th Anniversary
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75118>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 8:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75118> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Sen. McConnell tells 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.”
>
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> Posted in Voting 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 on August 7, 2015 8:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75116> by Rick
> 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>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
> “Voting Rights Law, Then and Now” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75114>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 8:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75114> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Nate Persily
> <http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/08/voting-rights-law-then-and-now/>
>  at Constitution Daily.
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> <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 in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “A troubled semicentennial remembrance of the Voting Rights Act”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75112>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 8:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75112> by Rick
> 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.
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> <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 in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “Advocates Call On Democratic Party To Drop Lawsuit, Comply With Subpoena”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75110>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 8:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75110> by Rick
> 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 served Tuesday
> <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.
>
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> “Let watchdog do its job without partisanship”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75108>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 8:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75108> by Rick
> 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.
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> <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 in election 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 on August 7, 2015 8:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75106> by Rick
> 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&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0>
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> <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 in Supreme 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 on August 7, 2015 8:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75104> by Rick
> 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 that
>  Donald 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 a decade ago
> <http://time.com/3988313/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-wedding/>, after he
> made a donation to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary 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 aide said
> <http://twitter.com/amychozick/status/629483730172837889> Trump’s
> assertion was “ridiculous” and “hurt” Clinton’s feelings.)
>
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> Posted in campaign 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 on August 7, 2015 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75102> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Dentons has posted this 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>
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> Posted in campaign 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 on August 7, 2015 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72943> by Rick
> 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 at
> <joshuadouglas at uky.edu>joshuadouglas at uky.edu.  The deadline is *August
> 15, 2015*.
>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
> “Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel pledge to not run against each other”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75099>
> Posted on August 7, 2015 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75099> by Rick
> 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.”
>
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> Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
> “The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75097>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 4:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75097> by Rick
> 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.
>
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> Posted in campaign 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 on August 6, 2015 1:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75095> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Listen
> <http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/08/06/voting-rights-act-anniversary>.
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> <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 in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “What Comes Next For Texas’ Voter ID Case”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75093>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 1:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75093> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> TPM reports.
> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/texas-voter-id-decision-whats-next>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <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 on August 6, 2015 12:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75091> by
>  Rick 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.
>
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> Posted in voting <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 on August 6, 2015 12:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75089> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Howard <http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/080615.html#063143> (who
> else?).
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
> “The Eyes of Texas” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75087>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 12:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75087> by
>  Rick 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.
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> Posted in The 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 on August 6, 2015 12:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75085> by
>  Rick 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/>
> .
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “The Voting Rights Act is a grand success!”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75083>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 12:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75083> by
>  Rick 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.
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “State Constitutions: The Next Frontier in Voting Rights Protection”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75081>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 12:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75081> by
>  Rick 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’s recent
> <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 a new Issue Brief
> <https://www.acslaw.org/sites/default/files/Douglas_Right_to_Vote_State_Courts_and_Constitutions_-_Issue_Brief_1.pdf>,
> which stems from two recent
> <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.
>
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> Posted in voting <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 on August 6, 2015 12:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75079> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> New report <https://lawyerscommittee.org/pages/vra-at-50/> posted by the
> Lawyers’ Committee.
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> Posted in Voting 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 on August 6, 2015 12:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75077> by
>  Rick 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.
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> Posted in campaigns <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 on August 6, 2015 12:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75072> by
>  Rick 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 in Holder v. Hall
> <https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5399157163793733966&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr>
> .
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> <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 in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “Roberts’ iffy support for voting rights”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75070>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 10:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75070> by
>  Rick 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, with John Roberts in the starring
> role
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/opinion/the-chief-justices-long-game.html>
> .
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> Posted in Supreme 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 on August 6, 2015 9:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75068> by Rick
> 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>
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> <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 in Voting 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 on August 6, 2015 9:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75066> by Rick
> 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.
>
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> <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 in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “State Legislatures Adjourning, But Voting Rights Still Center Stage”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75064>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75064> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Goldfeder and Perez
> <http://www.stroock.com/siteFiles/Publications/StateLegislaturesAdjourningButVotingRightsStillCenterStage.pdf>
>  for NYLJ.
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> Posted in Voting 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 on August 6, 2015 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75061> by Rick
> 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.”
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> Posted in Uncategorized <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 on August 6, 2015 8:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75056> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Republican National Committee statement
> <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>
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> “How to Save the Voting Rights Act” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74899>
> Posted on August 6, 2015 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74899> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> [bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see also my
> coverage  <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74972>of yesterday’s very
> important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.]
>
> I have written this 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 50th 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, like Jim 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 50th 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 in election 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
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