08

Dec

Equal Protection, LAW, NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Race in Redistricting, Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesAlabama, scotus, States

Listen: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Alabama Racial Gerrymander Case

By Editor

  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…

08

Dec

Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesAlabama, scotus

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

By Editor

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…

30

Jul

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules

One Year After Shelby, Growing Focus Toward Local Elections

By Editor

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…

31

Jan

Redistricting, Redistricting Race Rules, Strategy and Politics2020, majority-minority districts

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

By Editor

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…

25

Sep

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race RulesTexas

Why A San Antonio Court Will Consider Preclearance for Texas

By Editor

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…

27

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rulesat-large voting, California, CVRA

California Plaintiffs find Easier Litigation Route with State Voting Rights Act

By Editor

Minority plaintiffs seeking redress in the courts to combat various forms of minority vote dilution generally had only sections 2 and 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act to make…

10

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rulessymposium

Persily and Mann Review First Post Shelby Dialogue Among Voting Rights Scholars

By Editor

On July 1st, thought leaders in the world of voting rights gathered together at a symposium titled “Voting Rights after Shelby County v. Holder.” Participants included both scholars and practitioners…

06

Aug

Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules, UncategorizedDOJ, local

Justice Dept. Forced to “Drop the Ball” in Some Local Election Controversies

By Editor

Before June 25, the Justice Dept. had many balls in the air as it negotiated hundreds of preclearance submissions from local jurisdictions covered under section 5 of the Voting Rights…

19

Mar

Redistricting Race Rules

County Commission in Texas Spends Big to Defend Vote Dilution Lawsuit

By Editor

The Houston area Harris County Commission has run up a $1.3 million bill for redistricting so far as it litigates a vote dilution challenge headed by a Latino member of…