TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 24, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from Texas that seeks to revive the strict voter ID requirements a lower court found had a discriminatory effect on minorities, reports Reuters. A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision found that the 2011 Texas law violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act, and the appeals court directed a federal district court to examine claims by the plaintiffs that the law was actually intended to be discriminatory, rather than merely having a discriminatory effect. A hearing on that case was scheduled for today but has been delayed following a request from President Trump’s administration.