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Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It's not just partisanship
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoOf all the modern Supreme Court’s incredibly disappointing rulings, gutting the Voting Rights Act of...
How Some States Are Responding to the Worst Attack on Voting Rights in Decades
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen a panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling limiting who can sue under...
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s up-close view of JFK and LBJ
The Day· 13 hours ago...to produce “an unnerving force field of persuasive power,” famously known as “the treatment,” Johnson relentlessly hammered members of Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, immigration reform, Medicare, Medicaid and the first federally funded aid program...
Remembering Steve Pollak, a lawyer whose work inspired generations
WLRN Miami· 2 days agoLeaders from the Justice Department and the civil rights community gathered today in Washington to remember a lawyer whose work inspired generations. Steve Pollak died earlier this year at the ...
Samuel Alito Has Fox News Brain
New Republic· 5 days agoOne of them is whether the state justified a challenge law on the basis of fighting voter fraud. “Fraud can affect the outcome of a close ...
Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session
Associated Press via AOL· 6 days agoThe Minnesota ERA was the one of the biggest casualties as partisan rancor, lengthy debates and...
Members of the U.S. Senate face a vote on whether they support contraception access
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSenate...Schumer, a New York Democrat, announced Wednesday […] The post Members of the U.S. Senate...
Supreme Court Allows South Carolina’s GOP-Drawn Congressional Map, Rejecting Racial Discrimination...
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoBut the court has left open at least some pathways to challenge racial gerrymanders under the Voting...
Supreme Court approves South Carolina congressional map previously found to dilute Black voting...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the...
Biden’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort on College Campuses May Be Illegal, Lawyers Warn
The New York Sun· 6 days agoPresident Biden’s get-out-the-vote effort on college campuses nationwide could represent an illegal...
