As local jurisdictions redistrict in the 1990s, those with a complex demographic mosaic like Los Angeles County’s must exercise particular care in fulfilling three legal obligations: first, to protect the voting power of citizens; second, to ensure equal representation for equal numbers of persons; and third, to avoid diluting the voting strength of a protected group. Courts draw on demographic analysis to quantify these legal standards. This article illustrates how such analysis can inform-and potentially confuse-judicial review in Section 2 voting rights claims. In Los Angeles County, efforts to enhance the voting strength of Hispanics risk an equal protection challenge by minority and nonminority citizens in the remaining districts, whos...
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights...
The United States Supreme Court recently upheld a New York law requiring that any changes in county ...
Until the Supreme Court put an end to it in Shelby County v. Holder, section 5 of the Voting Rights ...
This article serves as an introduction to a symposium that was organized with the goal of ex-plicati...
We recently assisted with the political redistricting of a variety of jurisdictions. Many of these w...
California, the most ethnically diverse state in the nation, has not yet\ud had a redistricting comp...
In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, prompting fears...
Three major legal and public policy arguments are made to justify a rollback in the application of f...
In this Article, Professor Lazos examines initiatives and referendums in which a majority is in a po...
The summer of 2016 showed that racial discrimination in voting is alive and well, as federal courts ...
The article provides a comprehensive description of voting discrimination in California from 1982 to...
The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively enjoined the preclearance regime of ...
The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively enjoined the preclearance regime of ...
This Factsheet summarizes the findings from a comparison of population counts for Los Angeles County...
As this article will show, the reluctance of courts to accept evidence of impact plus stems in par...
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights...
The United States Supreme Court recently upheld a New York law requiring that any changes in county ...
Until the Supreme Court put an end to it in Shelby County v. Holder, section 5 of the Voting Rights ...
This article serves as an introduction to a symposium that was organized with the goal of ex-plicati...
We recently assisted with the political redistricting of a variety of jurisdictions. Many of these w...
California, the most ethnically diverse state in the nation, has not yet\ud had a redistricting comp...
In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, prompting fears...
Three major legal and public policy arguments are made to justify a rollback in the application of f...
In this Article, Professor Lazos examines initiatives and referendums in which a majority is in a po...
The summer of 2016 showed that racial discrimination in voting is alive and well, as federal courts ...
The article provides a comprehensive description of voting discrimination in California from 1982 to...
The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively enjoined the preclearance regime of ...
The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) effectively enjoined the preclearance regime of ...
This Factsheet summarizes the findings from a comparison of population counts for Los Angeles County...
As this article will show, the reluctance of courts to accept evidence of impact plus stems in par...
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court dismantled one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights...
The United States Supreme Court recently upheld a New York law requiring that any changes in county ...
Until the Supreme Court put an end to it in Shelby County v. Holder, section 5 of the Voting Rights ...