Federal appeals court stays order blocking 'voter intimidation' activities in Ohio
In a short order issued on Sunday, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of Donald J. Trump for President and the Ohio Republican Party by staying...
Federal judge declines to find GOP engaging in poll intimidation
A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey declined to rule Saturday that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has engaged in poll intimidation. The decision was spurred...
Federal appeals court blocks voter proof of citizenship requirement in three states
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday blocked a proof of citizenship requirement imposed upon voters by the states of Alabama, Georgia and Kansas. The court found that the parties...
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday that states should make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification cards upon their release from prison. Lynch's remarks were delivered at the start of National Reentry Week, during which...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with Alabama, under which Alabama has committed to comply with US laws requiring motor vehicle agencies to register eligible voters. More specifically,...
JURIST Guest Columnist Brandon L. Garrett, of the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses Governor Tom Wolf's death penalty moratorium ...Is declaring a "time out" to the death penalty in Pennsylvania an abuse of the governor's power "ignoring duly...
Myanmar allows temporary citizens to vote in upcoming constitutional referendum
Myanmar's legislature, the Assembly of the Union , passed a new law on Monday granting temporary citizens the right to vote in a constitutional referendum later in 2015. The law will enfranchise approximately 1.5 million temporary...
Federal appeals courts overturns citizenship proof rule for Kansas voters
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Kansas rule that required prospective voters to show proof-of-citizenship documents before registering using a federal voter registration form. The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Masoud Mortazavi, St. John's University School of Law, Class of 2015, is the author of the fifth article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Mortazavi discusses the...
Judge Bernard McGinley of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Friday struck down the state's nearly two-year-old voter identification law, considered one of the most strict in the nation. In his opinion, MicGinley wrote that the...
