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Sep 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Paul Smith
When it was announced that Michel Barnier was France’s new prime minister, commentators joked that he was better known to the British public than to the French. There’s more than a grain of truth in this. The name of the former chief EU Brexit negotiator would raise a nod of recognition in many British households (for good or ill). In France, Barnier was a peripheral right-wing politician.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
bbdivers.info | Paul Smith
EXCLUSIVE: The quaint five-bed property is in rural Upper Dalveen in DumfriesIt is surrounded by beautiful countryside sitting in a valley surrounded by hillsOwners gave the house a modern refurb with an artificial lawn and decking Homeowners of a remote stone cottage surrounded by beautiful countryside have been blasted for ‘ruining’ its garden by decking it out with an artificial lawn.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Michael Carter |Paul Smith |Valencia Richardson |Mel Neal
By Michael Carter, NARF Staff Attorney, and Mel Neal, Legal Fellow at CLC. North Dakota has a long and ongoing history of discrimination against Native Americans, including denying Native voters an equal voice in the state’s elections. Until 1922, North Dakota barred most Native people from voting. Even after North Dakota finally allowed Native Americans to vote, state officials continued to pass laws and adopt practices that discriminate against Native voters.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Paul Smith |Valencia Richardson |Jo Deutsch
Our democracy is meant to be of, by, and for the people — meaning voters have a right to be free from discrimination and to make their voices heard. In January, a federal court panel unanimously ruled that South Carolina used racial gerrymandering to discriminate against Black voters in the state’s 1st Congressional District — a clear affront to the ideal of an inclusive democracy. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case, Alexander v.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Valencia Richardson |Paul Smith |Adam Ginsburg |Jo Deutsch
We can't have a fair and inclusive democracy unless all voters have an equal voice. Black and Latino voters in Galveston County, Texas have long been denied a voice in county government – an unjust reality considering those groups comprise nearly half of the county’s population.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Paul Smith
Alabama legislators openly defied the federal government when it came to silencing Black voices by blatantly flaunting the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Allen v. Milligan,which required Alabama to draw fair congressional maps. Yesterday, the Supreme Court stopped them in their tracks. Still, it’s distressing that Alabama sought a legal battle—with the hope of once again escalating the issue to the Supreme Court—over the fundamental freedom to participate in democracy.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Paul Smith |Adam Ginsburg |Jo Deutsch |Jonathan Diaz
This piece originally ran as an op-ed in Bloomberg Law on September 27, 2023. Alabama legislators openly defied the federal government when it came to silencing Black voices by blatantly flaunting the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Allen v. Milligan, which required Alabama to draw fair congressional maps. Yesterday, the Supreme Court stopped them in their tracks.
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Jun 28, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Blair Bowie |Kevin Hancock |Paul Smith
This spring, the U.S. passed a major milestone in the fight against felony disenfranchisement: a majority of states now let people with felony convictions vote after they have been released from prison and return to their communities, even if they are still serving probation or parole. Felony disenfranchisement laws, which take away someone’s freedom to vote if they have been convicted of a felony, have long been a stain on American democracy.
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Kevin Hancock |Paul Smith |Lata Nott
Checks and balances are a cornerstone of our democracy and prevent any one person, party or legislative body from abusing power. This morning, the Supreme Court rejected an extreme legal theory that threatened to completely upend that system. The fringe independent state legislature (ISL) theory at issue in Moore v. Harper would have given state politicians nearly unchecked power to manipulate voting maps and pass state laws that thwart the will of voters by undermining the freedom to vote.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
campaignlegal.org | Paul Smith |Lata Nott |Jonathan Diaz
Campaign Legal Center's virtual event, "10 Years Since Shelby County: How Democracy Advocates Can Fight Back," will be held on June 28, 2023 at 3 PM EDT. Please join CLC's panel of experts on voting rights, redistricting and litigation as they examine the impact of this landmark decision. RSVP to receive a link to the event. The Supreme Court has made a series of anti-democratic decisions in the last decade, including Shelby County v.
