The Supreme Court Minus Scalia, a case breakdown

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (5.5 minute read) The big news over the weekend is the passing of Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Antonin Scalia. There’s been a relentless stream of reports […]

*What I like about this interview is that it reminds us that Latino politics didn’t pop-up recently on Twitter. The place Latinos have achieved is a work in progress that […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I think it is about time to drive spikes into the cracks of some of these American fabrications.  Apologists and supporters of States’ Rights and […]

*A twist to the one-person, one-vote issue recently taken-up by the U.S. Supreme Court. A pair of rural Texas voters want to change the voting and representation principle to count […]

*The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear arguments on a voting rights case that could hurt Latino voting power. The case was backed by Edward Blum, the director […]

*This does not bode well in the battle to defend voting rights. VL By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Wisconsin’s […]

By Dr. Herny Flores, NewsTaco I just finished writing a book (this is an unsolicited and unabashed plug) entitled Latinos and the Voting Rights Act:  The Search for Racial Purpose. […]

*This is very big news. A game-changer for the November mid-terms? VL By Laurel Calkins, Edvard Pettersson and Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Wisconsin and Texas, with some of the strictest […]

*This is happening this week in a courtroom in San Antonio, TX.  It’s a nuanced lawsuit that attempts to redefine the legal parameters of gerrymandering. That’s right, in Texas gerrymandering […]

*Meanwhile … away from the border and the crisis that’s nudged all other issues important to Latinos to the sidelines, a precedent setting lawsuit began toady in Texas. At stake […]