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Her latest starts with a bang: Years from now, when the Supreme Court has come to its senses, justices then sitting will look back on the spring of 2013 in bewilderment. On what basis, they will wonder, did five conservative justices, professed believers in judicial restraint, reach out to grab the authority that the [...] Today, the Supreme Court heard argument in Shelby County v. Holder. The transcript is very much worth reading. (Note to lay readers: I attempt to explain the act at issue here about midway down the post if you want some help following the last block quote). One part is pretty breathtaking. Recall that Justice Scalia [...] Yesterday, the Justice Department demanded more information from the State on VoterID. Cottonmouth has the actual letter, which is pretty fascinating reading. I’ve attached it at the end of this post. Just as an aside: When and if some parts of the more paranoid precincts of the conservative movement see the list of things [...] Under the Voting Rights Act, any change in voting requirements by a “covered” jurisdiction (places that have been found by the Justice Department to have discriminated in voting in a way that bears watching) must be “precleared,” that is, approved by the Justice Department before it is placed into effect. To get Justice Department [...] In an opinion by Roberts, with Thomas in dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the preclearance requirement in the Voting Rights Act. The preclearance requirement imposes on “covered jurisdictions”– those that had problems with racial discrimination in voting. From the Roberts opinion: Such preclearance is granted only if the change neither “has the [...] |
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