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Two Congresswomen on the Early Prospects of the VRAA in Congress (VIDEO)

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June 2014 - Rep. Sanchez and Rep Fudge discuss the prospects of the VRAA advancing in congress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKURYbThQOs

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How Shelby County v. Holder Will Affect the Latino Community (VIDEO)

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Tom Saenz of MALDEF explains at this Brookings Institution Conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TVNTfjmRSU

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Handy Outline of the Supreme Court’s Shelby Opinions

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The New York Times gives this handy outline of each justice's opinion and reasoning in the seminal Voting Rights case Shelby v. Holder. Read it here.

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Case Filing: Harding v. County of Dallas, Texas

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In January, Anglo voters in Dallas County represented by the Equal Voting Rights Institute filed a minority vote dilution claim against the majority minority County Commissioners Court's 2010 redistricting map,…

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Case Filing: Patino v. City of Pasadena

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Voters represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund filed suit this past November claiming minority vote dilution against the City of Pasadena, Texas. At issue is a change in the voting…

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Listen: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Alabama Racial Gerrymander Case

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Listen to the Supreme Court's oral arguments in the consolidated cases; Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama. Democratic lawmakers in the Alabama legislature claim the…

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Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Alabama Gerrymander is a Racial or Partisan One.

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NPR previews Ala. Legis. Black Caucus v. Alabama; a claim alleging that the Alabama state legislature's 2010 legislative redistricting map is a racial gerrymander. Alabama says the Voting Rights Act…

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One Year After Shelby, Growing Focus Toward Local Elections

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Since the Supreme Court invalidated the Department of Justices’ authority to enforce the preclearance requirements of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, voting rights organizations including the NAACP Legal…

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2020 Vision : A Noteworthy Prediction for Redistricting in the Next Cycle

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We are just three years into the decade long redistricting cycle that began with the 2010 census. It is a cycle that begins with sorting through winners and losers of…

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Why A San Antonio Court Will Consider Preclearance for Texas

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The Texas legislature seemed to be moving on from the fight over its 2011 redistricting maps. The Supreme Court mooted the case against its maps in Shelby v. Holder by…