[EL] "risible"
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Aug 7 10:31:57 PDT 2015
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75083
On 8/7/15 10:23 AM, Marty Lederman wrote:
> 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
> <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 <tel:202-218-4600>
> Cel. 202-577-1134 <tel:202-577-1134>
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> <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
>> <mailto:joshuadouglas at uky.edu>. The deadline is*August 15, 2015*.
>>
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>> <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>
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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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>> UC Irvine School of Law
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