Five Points On The Big Court Losses For GOP Vote Suppressors

Five Points On The Big Court Losses For GOP Vote Suppressors

NewsTaco August 3, 2016

*This is a good list. The voter suppression wave that gained strength after Shelby v Holder is starting to break. Things are starting to pick up for November. VL By […]

Obama to call for Voting Rights Act restoration on law’s anniversary

NewsTaco August 6, 2015

*There’s momentum in the President’s planned call for restoration of the VRA. It’s the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and yesterday’s voter ID victory in Texas put voting […]

Texas, U.S. Resume Fight Over Maps That Curb Latino Power

NewsTaco August 11, 2014

*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 […]

Happy Birthday VRA!

NewsTaco July 3, 2014

By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It seems like only yesterday when the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed but this week we mark the fiftieth anniversary of its passage and […]

Voting Rights Still “Under Siege,” Says New Coalition for Redistricting Reform

NewsTaco June 25, 2014

*Voting rights is a central issue for the Latino community. The fact that MALDEF is part of this coalition underlines it’s importance. After the Shelby v Holder decision the idea […]

Court strikes down Wisconsin voter-ID law

NewsTaco April 30, 2014

*The important thing here is that the Federal Judge struck-down voter ID in Wisconsin on the basis of what’s left of the Voting Rights Act – Section 2, which prohibits […]

Decisions, Decisions at the Supreme Court

Mary Mata July 3, 2013

By Mario Hinojosa, Latino USA The Supreme Court ruled its last batch of decisions on several cases that directly impact Latinos and other people of color. Among these, a decision […]

SCOTUS and the VRA: “Tossing the umbrella in the rain”

NewsTaco June 25, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco You knew the dark clouds were gathering last February when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that extending Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was […]

VRA on Life Support

Mary Mata

Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Today Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accused the majority of the court in Shelby County of using the Voting Rights Act’s provisions to kill the act itself.  […]

Key Part of Voting Rights Act Invalidated

Mary Mata

By The New York Times The Supreme Court struck down a central portion of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, effectively ending the practice in which some states with a […]