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13 Sep 2012, 6:33 am by Hans von Spakovsky
  The Court left that question unanswered in 2009, when it decided Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 12:44 pm by Abigail Thernstrom
In bringing suit against the Justice Department, a small Northwest Austin municipal utility district had hoped to escape the federal receivership into which all “covered” jurisdictions had been placed by the preclearance provision. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 9:35 am by Ilya Shapiro
“The historic accomplishments of the Voting Rights Act are undeniable,” wrote Chief Justice Roberts the last time the Supreme Court took up a challenge to the historic legislation, in the 2009 case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm by Kali Borkoski
 In 2009, in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
18 May 2012, 11:43 am by Marcia Coyle
The case was closely watched by states, civil rights groups and others because it was filed shortly after the Supreme Court raised doubts about Section 5’s constitutionality in its 2009 ruling in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
18 May 2012, 7:48 am by Jonathan H. Adler
The 60+ page opinion for the Court by Judge Tatel (joined by Judge Griffith) begins: : In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 9:06 am by Steve Hall
A year earlier, in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 10:51 am by nflatow
Payton led LDF in several major Supreme Court victories, including Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 9:36 am by Tony Mauro
We argued the voting rights case Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 8:28 am by Joe Palazzolo
City of Chicago, which vindicated the rights of over 6,000 applicants who sought to become firefighters in the City of Chicago, and Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 9:02 pm by Lyle Denniston
  That resentment has been encouraged by the Supreme Court’s decision in 2009, in the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 3:33 pm by Lyle Denniston
  This Court has recognized that Section 5′s intrusion on state sovereignty raises serious constitutional questions” (citing the 2009 decision in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 11:53 am by Lovechilde
In Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District 1 v Holder (2009) Roberts noted that section 5 broadly requires all changes at all levels to gain pre-clearance, a requirement that the Court seems to view as impermissibly intruding on state and local rights and responsibilities. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:47 pm by Josh Blackman
Update: It is interesting to contrast the Court’s willingness to give Congress more time to reconsider the Voting Rights Act in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 12:58 pm by Zoe Tillman
The Supreme Court, ruling in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 1:54 pm by Lyle Denniston
  In 2009, he argued one of the Court’s most important civil rights cases in years — Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 11:47 am by Kedar
Massey – Denied 29-Apr Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District v. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 1:05 pm by Erin Miller
  Last term in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 7:53 am by Erin Miller
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 7:25 am by Erin Miller
  Chief Justice Roberts, of course, suggested his skepticism about the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in his opinion for the Court last year in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. [read post]