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Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act without reaching constitutional question
June 22, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday upheld [opinion, PDF] a controversial provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) [text] but avoided a constitutional question. The Court ruled 8-1 in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder [Cornel....... [more] 
Supreme Court hears voting rights case at end of 2008 arguments term
April 29, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard its final oral arguments [day call, PDF; briefs] for the 2008 term Wednesday. In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court will consider wheth....... [more]
UK explores granting prisoners voting rights based on sentence length
April 9, 2009
[JURIST] The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [official website] on Wednesday began the second stage of a consultation [text, PDF; press release] on giving certain prisoners the right to vote based on the length of their prison terms, seeking public input on what the maximum allowable term should be. Th....... [more]
DOJ lawyers questioned constitutionality of DC voting rights bill: report
April 1, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] overruled Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] lawyers who believe the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009 [S.160, PDF; JURIST report] pending in Congress violates the Constitution, the Washington Post [media website] r....... [more]
Supreme Court rules for state in racial minority voting rights case
March 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] decided four cases Monday. The Court ruled [opinion, PDF] 5-4 in Bartlett v. Strickland [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a racial minority group that comprises less than 50 percent of a district's population cannot s....... [more]
Senate approves DC voting rights bill but adds Second Amendment proviso
February 27, 2009
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday approved the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (S 160) [text] by a 61-37 vote [roll call]. The legislation gives the residents of the District of Columbia (DC) voting representation in the House of Representatives and also gives Utah an additiona....... [more]
Eleventh Circuit upholds Georgia voter ID law
January 15, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Georgia law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification in order to vote. The suit was filed by two elderly voters in Georgia, the National....... [more]
Supreme Court takes Iraq immunity, voting rights cases
January 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in four cases. In the consolidated cases of Republic of Iraq v. Beaty and Republic of Iraq v. Simon, the Court will consider whether Iraq has sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts....... [more]
Supreme Court hears criminal procedure, voting rights cases
October 14, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Pearson v. Callahan, 07-751, in which the Court will review a July 2007 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit allowing individuals to directly sue....... [more]
Wisconsin elections agency says ID lawsuit will cause confusion at polls
September 12, 2008
'[JURIST] Voting-rights advocates and elections officials fear that a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice will effectively disenfranchise thousands of voters by causing chaos at the polls in November. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B........ [more]
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