Posted: April 27, 2018
5th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Texas Voter ID Law
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected plaintiffs\' challenge to Texas\' revised Voter ID Law. The case is Veasey v. Abbott.
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This is why US election ballots routinely go missing
Professor Dan Tokaji was quoted in USA Today about the prevalence of missing election ballots.
"Most of the time, it just goes unreported because it doesn't affect the result," Tokaji said.
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Supreme Court Finds Partisan Gerrymandering Claims to be Non-Justiciable Political Questions
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on Thursday determining that claims of partisan gerrymandering are political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. The opinion resolved disputes originating in North Carolina and Maryland, in the cases of Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek.
Related News Wire Stories
- Texas - Supreme Court: Texas voter ID law to remain in effect for now (CNN)
- Washington, D.C. - New state voting laws face first presidential election test (USA Today)
- North Carolina - North Carolina's voter ID law goes on trial (Reuters)
- North Carolina - Confusion at polls feared as new voter ID law takes effect (Mountain Xpress)
- Texas - Texas ID Law Called Breach of Voting Rights Act (The New York Times)
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- Supreme Court Upholds Most Texas Districts in Racial Gerrymandering Case
- 5th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Texas Voter ID Law
- U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas' Request for Stay in Redistricting Case
- Three-Judge Panel Finds Voting Rights Act and Constitutional Violations in Creation of Texas House of Representatives Districts
- U.S. District Judge Again Finds Texas Law in Violation of Voting Rights Act
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Commentary
Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.
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