5th Circuit: Voter ID Discriminatory

Appeals court ruling upholds spirit of earlier overturning

"...on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, is a major victory for opponents of..."

Aug. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Voter ID: Battle Lost, War Goes On

Litigants respond to SCOTUS ruling, pledge continuing challenge

"...Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, she wrote, "The fact-intensive nature of this case does not justify the Court..."

Oct. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Chronicle

The fight over re-redistricting is a battle for the civil rights of minority Texans.

"...federal court) that abandoning the Senate's two-thirds rule and enacting sanctions against them constitutes (among other things) racial discrimination,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Why We are Here -- Working to Defend Texas

The "quorum-busting" Democrats defend their actions.

"...like the state budget crisis and insurance reform, the fact that an outrageous partisan power grab sits atop the..."

May 16, 2003 News Column

Chartering a Course

A preview of the Charter Revisions Proposals

"...charter gets amended, usually in big chunks, as citizens, activists, and officials get tired of hearing "That conflicts with..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Circle the Firing Squad

When you look for villains, look in the right direction

"...That rhetorical question in fact leads in a different direction. Whatever these other factors,..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

The Democrats file federal lawsuits against the new congressional map.

"...to Department of Justice lawyers for preclearance under the Voting Rights Act. The DOJ normally allows three months to..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Mapping the Changes

A preview of proposed new single-member districts

"...system to make sure it doesn't violate the federal Voting Rights Act. Even if SMDs pass and are implemented..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.

"...unanimously passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. You can just call it Son of..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense

Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy

"...no claim that the names on these lists are actually noncitizens; rather, they are people who, when they obtained..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Texas Map Morass

SCOTUS sends San Antonio court back to the drawing board

"...the policy decisions of elected leaders." However, Democrats and voting rights groups countered that the Supreme Court did nothing..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge to Irving

Will the Irving decision affect elections in Austin?

"...of at-large elections "has the effect of diluting the voting power of Irving's Hispanic voters, and thus denies them..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...new congressional redistricting maps to correct violations of the Voting Rights Act committed in the previous map. See "Democrats..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the Week "A State may not trade off the rights of some members of a racial group against the..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature

Beyond City Limits

"...the party, claiming the caucus delegate-selection process violated the Voting Rights Act. Precincts that had lower voter turnout in..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature

Judge Backs TDP Rules

LULAC claim the Dems violated Voting Rights Act rejected by court

"...heavily Hispanic and Latino precincts, and so violated the Voting Rights Act. But U.S. District Judge Fred Biery was..."

May 22, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

The plaintiffs seek a stay of the new map from the Supreme Court

"...partisan gerrymander"; that it misread legal precedent concerning the Voting Rights Act and therefore allowed the dismantling of protected..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Primaries Loom as Redistricting Lawsuits Drop

New maps and new challenges

"...Texas has violated (again) Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by managing to draw maps with fewer..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Congressional District Would Help Protect GOP Incumbents

New TX 37 has a 73.8% Democratic vote share. We should be happy, right?

"...a total of 38 members, whose districts must be exactly equal in size (766,987). One of those two new..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: The Way Things Are

Another victory for judicial fairness leads to … more discrimination at the polls

"...Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled that Senate Bill 14, enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2011, "was passed, at..."

April 14, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Court Rules: Texas Voter ID Still Racist

Second ruling finds GOP deliberately suppressed minority vote

"...was designed to keep African-American and Hispanic citizens from voting, and as such clearly and purposefully violated Section 2..."

April 11, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Briefs argue the usual subjects in preparation for next month's trial

"...the new congressional map than with whether the Legislature acted with clear constitutional authority in taking up redistricting in..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

On the Lege

The second special session ends with a whimper, but the re-redistricting battle rages elsewhere

"...it does not need to give "preclearance" under the Voting Rights Act of Dewhurst's decision to drop the two-thirds..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of the Seventies ["Lights Out," July 4]. It is actually incomplete and leads the reader to believe there was..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Beneath the partisan rancor over re-redistricting boils a fight over minority rights.

"...that mantra have been explicitly wary of violating the Voting Rights Act and continue to argue, in the words..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy

As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights

"...a woman who, until Harris County's turn in the voting rights spotlight in 2020, bore the brunt of decades..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Blue Goes Red

The GOP-proposed redistricting map takes another nasty shot at Travis County voters

"...by Henry "the Anglos' Best Friend" Bonilla, violates the Voting Rights Act. As you probably don't recall, CD 23..."

July 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Texas' Redistricting Case Is Underway

Gerrymandered seats and missing documents

"...San Antonio, lawyers for one of the litigating voters' rights groups (known in the proceedings as the Quesada plaintiffs)..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Feds Toss Out Election Maps

Three judge panel stick sword in heart of the Gerrymander

"...them to say that the maps complied with the Voting Rights Act. Instead, the judges wrote:..."

Nov. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Coming Home to Austin

Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital

"...the Texas provinces. The 82nd legislative session has not exactly been a friendly one for the folks at UT-Austin...."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Michael King

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