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Voting Rights Act Lives to Fight Another Day
Texas Lawyer
Monday, June 29, 2009
Once again, a Texas civil rights case threatened to turn constitutional law on its ear, but last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on the Voting Rights Act that left both sides happy. Gregory Coleman (pictured), a partner in the Austin office of Yetter, Warden & Coleman, represents the utility district pro bono in the case.
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Supreme Court Steps Back on Voting Rights Act
The National Law Journal
Monday, June 22, 2009
There was considerable suspense in the Supreme Court chamber Monday morning as Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. began announcing the Court's much-awaited decision in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, the challenge to the constitutionality of a central part of the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Judicial Recusal
The National Law Journal
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
In a landmark ruling that could affect state judicial elections nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8 said that due process can require a state judge to recuse when a party in a case before him or her has had a "significant or disproportionate" influence on placing the judge on the court through an outsized donation to the judge's election campaign. The case is Caperton v. Massey Coal Co.
In Texas Case, High Court Considers Legality of Voting Rights Act
Texas Lawyer
Monday, May 4, 2009
Congress renewed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 three years ago with wide bipartisan support. But on April 29, the future of the law seemed in peril, as conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court expressed strong doubt about its constitutionality.
In Texas Case, High Court Considers Legality of Voting Rights Act
The National Law Journal
Thursday, April 30, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote on the challenge to the Voting Rights Act will be crucial, voiced deep concern about the differential treatment of states under the law, and the affront to the sovereignty of the states that are required to go through the preclearance procedures. The case is Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder.
