The Supreme Court, Voting Rights and the Roberts Legacy
The Supreme Court, Voting Rights and the Roberts Legacy
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco This week, with Justice Scalia writing the majority opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), rejected the Arizona state law, Prop 200, that required […]
Supreme Court strikes blow for voting rights
By Greg Sargent, Washington Post In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court today ruled that an Arizona state law may not require documentary proof of citizenship from voters. In tossing out this requirement, SCOTUS concluded […]
Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices
By Adam Liptak, New York Times WASHINGTON — A central provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be in peril, judging from tough questioning on Wednesday from the Supreme Court’s more […]
Is It Time for a New Voting Rights Act?
Victor Landa, NewsTaco For all of the anticipation leading up to the Voting Rights challenge at the U. S. Supreme Court there are a couple of things that bubbled to […]
Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco On February 27th the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a lawsuit originating in Shelby County, Alabama as to why Section […]
Latino Voters Need Section 5 Today More Than Ever
By Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation for MALDEF In the 2012 general election, an estimated ten percent of votes were cast by Latinos. The record high number was accompanied by media commentary […]
What’d Happen Without Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act?
I started thinking recently about what our country would look like in the future if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) were to be declared unconstitutional. This is […]
What Part Of “It’s The Law” Do They Not Understand?
A Colorado Congressman says he’ll introduce a bill to repeal the language requirement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). News Taco reported on the fact, and according to the Denver Post U.S. Rep. […]
