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All In : Congress reacts to Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decimationWednesday, June 26, 2013
All In : Killing the Voting Rights Act - Chris Hayes argues that John Roberts' Supreme Court is trying to kill Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act without admitting that that's what they're doing. He is joined by Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., as well as Debo Adegbile, who argued the case before the court, and Julie Fernandes of the Open Society Foundations.
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All In : Killing the Voting Rights ActAll In : Killing the Voting Rights Act - Chris Hayes argues that John Roberts' Supreme Court is trying to kill Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act without admitting that that's what they're doing. He is joined by Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., as well as Debo Adegbile, who argued the case before the court, and Julie Fernandes of the Open Society Foundations.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
John Lewis: Supreme Court stabbed civil rights law "in its very heart"
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), who was a key civil rights leader during the 1960s alongside Martin Luther King, spoke out today about the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder.
Shelby, explained in more detail below, gutted a key enforcement provision of the Voting Rights Act, leaving it to Congress to “fix” it.
As if the Republicans in the House, or even those in Senate, would lift a finger to help blacks and other minorities ensure their voting rights.
John Lewis: Supreme Court stabbed civil rights law "in its very heart"
Supreme Court guts landmark civil rights law — MSNBC
The Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that a key part of the Voting Rights Act—the landmark civil-rights law protecting racial minorities from discrimination at the polls—is unconstitutional in its current form.
The decision, announced Monday morning, invalidates—at least for now—Section 5, a crucial tool for fighting racial discrimination in voting, and comes at a time of rising concern over efforts to restrict access to the ballot box. It represents a victory for conservatives, and a blow to the voting rights of millions of non-white Americans.
“If the Court struck down or weakened Section 5, it would lead to the largest rollback of American democracy since the end of Reconstruction,” Wade Henderson, the president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told reporters recently in advance of the ruling.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires that certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination, including most southern states, submit any changes to their election systems to the U.S. Justice Department for “pre-clearance.” The Justice Department is empowered to block changes that could reduce minority voting power. In the decision announced Thursday, Shelby County v. Holder, the court ruled that the formula used by Congress to decide which jurisdictions are covered under the law, known as Section 4b, violates the Constitution.
Supreme Court guts landmark civil rights law — MSNBC
Supreme Court guts landmark civil rights law — MSNBC
The Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that a key part of the Voting Rights Act—the landmark civil-rights law protecting racial minorities from discrimination at the polls—is unconstitutional in its current form.
The decision, announced Monday morning, invalidates—at least for now—Section 5, a crucial tool for fighting racial discrimination in voting, and comes at a time of rising concern over efforts to restrict access to the ballot box. It represents a victory for conservatives, and a blow to the voting rights of millions of non-white Americans.
“If the Court struck down or weakened Section 5, it would lead to the largest rollback of American democracy since the end of Reconstruction,” Wade Henderson, the president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told reporters recently in advance of the ruling.
Supreme Court guts landmark civil rights law — MSNBC
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
The F.B.I. Deemed Agents Faultless in 150 Shootings - NYTimes.com
WASHINGTON — After contradictory stories emerged about an F.B.I. agent’s killing last month of a Chechen man in Orlando, Fla., who was being questioned over ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the bureau reassured the public that it would clear up the murky episode.
The F.B.I. Deemed Agents Faultless in 150 Shootings - NYTimes.com
The F.B.I. Deemed Agents Faultless in 150 Shootings - NYTimes.com
Monday, June 17, 2013
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