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Voting Rights Act

Bush Civil Rights Failures Scrutinized In Congressional Report

The New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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When the Bush administration ran the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, career lawyers wanted to look into accusations that officials in...

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Republicans Fail To Overturn Order Targeting Voter Intimidation In New Jersey

AP | BILL NEWILL | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Voter Fraud, Gop, Rnc, Voter Intimidation, Ballot Security, New Jersey, Voting Rights Act, Republicans, Minority, Voting, New York News

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey has denied a request by the Republican National Committee to dissolve a 27-year-old court order ai...

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Dem Leaders in 1965: "Filibuster Threat Is Too Daunting -- So Let's Just Drop This Civil Rights Crap"

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Profiles-in-Cowardice, John McCain, Fear, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, President Obama, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Filibuster, President Johnson, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Lbj, Democratic Majority, Lyndon B. Johnson, Health Care Reform, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Health Care, Politics News
Martin Lewis

It's March 16, 1965. We have a Democratic President. We have large Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate. It's long been part of the progressive and liberal platform...

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Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

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A Law Worth Saving

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Racial Disparities, Racial Discrimination, Apology-Slavery-Jim-Crow, Congress Votes, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

The pre-clearance provision is the most powerful weapon against racial discrimination in voting that Congress has ever devised and must be saved.

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Why Obama Will Not Have a 'We Shall Overcome' Moment on Gays

John R. Bohrer | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Reeb, Voting Rights Act, Selma, Lyndon Johnson, Bloody Sunday, Jonathan Martin, Dick Goodwin, David Mixner, We Shall Overcome, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

While the Obama administration blames their dallying on the press or the political situation, they should be reminded that that didn't stop Johnson.

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VOTING RIGHTS ACT Scrapes Past Court Challenge

The Boston Globe | Posted 07.24.2009 | Home

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The Voting Rights Act, the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s, survived a Supreme Court challen...

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Supreme Court Exempts Texas District From Key Provision Of Voting Rights Act

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Voting Rights Act, the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s, survived a Su...

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Beyond Ricci: Judge Sotomayor and the Voting Rights Act

Doug Kendall | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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Doug Kendall

A lion's share of debate over the nomination of Sotomayor has focused on a single ruling in a case involving a New Haven fire fighter named Frank Ricci. But Ricci is just one of many cases worthy of examination.

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part IV): A New Check on the Court to Defend the Rule of Law

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Chuck Schumer, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, New Deal, Sonia Sotomayor, Antitrust, Samuel Alito, Fdr, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Ted Kennedy, Judicial Activism, Third Party, Congress, Voting Rights Act, Antonin Scalia, Imperial Presidency, Voting Rights, Ethics, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

The false national consensus that national security should trump constitutional protections for liberty and privacy exemplifies such collusion today.

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The Right Fight for Progressives Over the Souter Vacancy

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, David Souter, Caperton-v-Massey, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Judicial Nominations, Savana Redding, Politics News
Doug Kendall

If conservatives insist on using slogans like "judicial activism" and "legislating from the bench," then at the very least, such terms should be applied to liberal and conservative nominees consistently.

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Democracy Hangs in the Balance on Obama's 100th Day

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: 100 Days, Voting Rights Act, First Hundred Days, Barack Obama, Naacp, Politics News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

Now is the time for the Supreme Court to reject this latest threat to realizing our promise of democracy and assure every American can vote.

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Supreme Court Audio Will Be Released Immediately, Same-Day For Voting Rights Case

AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will release audio tapes soon after the April 29 argument over a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act. ...

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Supreme Court To Consider Landmark Voting Rights Act

Carey Alexander | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Race, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Civil Rights, Preclearance, Race Relations, Politics News
Carey Alexander

Southern Republicans are bringing a case before the Supreme Court, asking for an end to Justice Department oversight of election procedures. If successful, the result could have a chilling effect on the marrow of racial equity in the United States,

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Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Ruling: Court Refuses To Expand Minority Voting Rights

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court limited the reach of the Voting Rights Act on Monday, a decision that could make it harder for some minority cand...

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Court Will Not Expand Minority Voting Rights

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Census, 2010 Census, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court limited the reach of the Voting Rights Act on Monday, a decision that could make it harder for some minority cand...

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Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Historic Voting Rights Act

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to examine whether a central component of landmark civil rights legislation enacted to protect minority voters is s...

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The Power of the Ballot: One-Person, One-Vote, en Masse

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Disenfranchisement, Civil Rights Act, African American Voters, Voting Rights Act, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fifteenth Amendment, United States Constitution, Enfranchisement, Barack Obama, Poll Tax, Redemption, Gerrymander, Voting, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

The importance of the black vote in last Tuesday's election can only be fully appreciated when considered against the historical backdrop of black enfranchisement.

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Reflections on Racism as I Vote for Barack Obama

Lea Lane | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Lea Lane

Today I signed and mailed my Florida absentee ballot for this historic election.

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House Renews 1965 Voting Rights Act, 33 Republicans Vote Against...

Associated Press | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The House voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, rejecting efforts by Southern conservatives to relax federal oversight of their states i...

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House GOP Group Wants Portion Of Voting Rights Act To Expire To End Language Assistance At Polls...

LA Times | Nicole Gaouette | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A group of House Republicans wants to do away with bilingual ballots and translation assistance at the polls, a reflection of how tensions over immigr...

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