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Everyone knows that pollsters can design questions that elicit the results they want. Indeed, even very subtle changes in poll questions can show that Americans either support or disapprove of any particular person or policy. That's why reputable polling organizations take great pains to develop questions that are nonpartisan and objective. If the ...

We have previously blogged about the latest redistricting controversy to reach the Supreme Court. In these two combined cases, styled Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama, the plaintiffs contend that the redistricting plan for the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives is an unconstitutional ...

When the Supreme Court issued Shelby County v. Holder last month, Chicken Littles on the left almost immediately began shouting that is was "a blow to democracy," or that it obstructs "Americans' fundamental right to vote," or even that "the Court has left millions of minority voters without the mechanism that has allowed them to stop voting discri ...

It's been a big day here at PLF.  On top of our momentous win in our direct representation Supreme Court property rights case, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, we also had a long-anticipated victory in the Voting Rights Act case, Shelby County v. Holder, where we participated as amicus.  Shelby was a 5-4 decision where the major ...

Readers of this blog know that PLF has been heavily involved in Shelby County v. Holder -- a case currently pending before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.  PLF believes that the law has outlived its purpose, and that it forces "covered" jurisdictions to engage in unconstitutional racial ger ...

After speaking with southern California radio this afternoon, I will be speaking to northern Californians tomorrow. I will be in studio with long-time PLF friends Armstrong & Getty. We will be discussing Shelby County and the Supreme Court. I am sure the discussion will branch into other PLF cases. You can listen online here. ...

Roger Clegg and I penned this essay on Shelby County v. Holder, the case challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.  Shelby County is going to be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow.  Here's the conclusion of the essay: The Left is crying that the Supreme Court of Chief Justice Roberts is poised to "turn back the ...

Tomorrow, I will be apprearing on Southern California public radio -- KPCC 89.3 -- to discuss the upcoming oral argument in Shelby County v. Holder.  I will be debating someone who supports Section 5. You can listen live here. ...

SCOTUSblog is running a very interesting symposium on the upcoming oral argument in Shelby County v. Holder, the case challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.  Here's a snippet from my contribution: To the extent that the oral argument focuses on the unconstitutional – but easily remedied – coverage formula, there wi ...