Travis Crum

Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

How does originalism work for constitutional amendments adopted during our lifetimes? A cert petition about the 26th Amendment, which prohibits age discrimination in voting and enfranchised Sotomayor and Roberts as teenagers, raises that question.

electionlawblog.org?p=142392

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 01, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

I'm thrilled to announce that my next paper, The Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting, will be published in the Columbia Law Review! The paper reconciles vote dilution, racial gerrymandering, and Section 2 of the VRA by looking to the original meaning of the 14th and 15th Amendments.

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 29, 2024 at 15:00 UTC

Hot off the presses!! The Unabridged Fifteenth Amendment has been published in the Yale Law Journal! The Article is a 123-page exploration of the Fifteenth Amendment's drafting and ratification, shining a spotlight on the forgotten Reconstruction Amendment.

www.yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 27, 2024 at 01:01 UTC

I'm a bit late to this year's law review submission season, but my latest article, the Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting, is finally off my plate. Fingers crossed!

I'll post it on @ssrn.bsky.social soon, but in the meantime, here's the abstract:

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 23, 2024 at 07:38 UTC

In my new Election Law Blog post, I argue that Justice Alito embraced a retrogression standard reminiscent of Section 5 in his Coalition for TJ dissent. For why that's strikingly out of character and what it could mean for proving discriminatory intent, check it out:

electionlawblog.org?p=141598

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 05, 2024 at 21:49 UTC

Check out my new Election Law Blog post about the Fifteenth Amendment's relevance to Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment and Trump v. Anderson:

electionlawblog.org?p=141101

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Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 21, 2023 at 15:47 UTC

Yesterday, the 8th Circuit held that private plaintiffs lack an implied-cause-of-action under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. But the 8th Circuit may not have had jurisdiction over the appeal. Check out my Election Law Blog post to find out why:

electionlawblog.org?p=139782

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