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1. UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FULL
2. UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS REGISTRATION

UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS REGISTRATION

The court ordered the district court to provide “a proper discriminatory effect remedy as soon as possible,” and suggested that people without ID should be allowed to vote by showing voter registration cards or signing affidavits. Ultimately, this decision is a victory for the 1.2 million eligible voters of Texas whose voting rights were threatened by this unduly harsh and baseless law and especially for Black and Latino Texans, which it disproportionately harmed. Department of Justice, the Campaign Legal Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, the Brennan Center, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, and others. (LDF), which presented oral argument on behalf of the plaintiff-intervenors in the case, applauds the Fifth Circuit’s thoughtful decision to uphold significant aspects of the plaintiffs’ win in the lower court, but disagrees with the court’s assessment that the finding of intentional discrimination below may have been in error. The case was litigated by a team of attorneys from LDF and co-counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale, as well as the U.S. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

UNITED STATES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FULL

Today, the harshest, most restrictive photo ID law in the country met its match when the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court determination that Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law, violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.