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28 Sep 2011, 7:10 am
District Court in Washington, DC, ruled that a core provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – the Section 5 “preclearance” requirement – remains a constitutional exercise of Congress’ anti-discrimination authority under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:01 pm
Alternatively, perhaps the recent oral argument in the DC Circuit convinced them that Silberman and Kavanaugh were likely to vote to strike down the mandate and write a better opinion doing so than had the 11th Circuit, making review of the 11th Circuit’s decision more desirable for the government’s side. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 8:22 pm
This facet alone has prompted me to join NCCU Law‘s chapter of OutLaw and start encouraging friends and colleagues to vote “NO” next May. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 10:53 am
But he also used the opportunity to make a pitch for D.C. voting rights, noting that no one elected by local residents could vote on judicial nominees to the city’s highest court. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 7:44 am
As a result, Shelby County is regularly required to engage in the costly and burdensome process of submitting all voting changes, no matter how minor, to Washington, DC prior to implementation. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 12:57 pm
The Senate vote was a very important step in the right direction, however the fight has just begun. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 12:31 pm
The riders served as a rallying point for advocates of D.C. voting rights and home rule. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 8:26 am
They couldn’t vote – and this disability continued until 1920, when the XIXth amendment was ratified. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 5:52 am
And yet, in clear DC fashion, Congress is making noise about reforming the code… in a mere two and a half months. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 2:09 pm
A federal lawsuit has been filed in Washington DC seeking to restore voting rights for the Cherokee Freedmen in time for the September 24 election for the Nation’s Principal Chief. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 12:07 pm
Department of Justice: Washington, DC.[3] NAACP Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate, 2011 Available at http://naacp.3cdn.net/ecea56adeef3d84a28_azsm639wz.pdf [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 2:50 pm
That might have upset voters, who would then be less likely to vote for Obama and, e.g., Michigan Sen. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:00 am
Senate approved the House version of the bill last week voting 89-9. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 11:49 am
Ruyak’s hiring—which, according to Webb, is not subject to a contract—was approved by a vote of Winston’s partnership. [read post]
10 Sep 2011, 9:30 pm
A friend and former colleague told me he voted for Gore but that under the circumstances he was glad that "assholes like Ashcroft and Rumsfeld" were going to "bust some heads. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 1:21 pm
A September 13 bill extending new wiretapping and electronic-surveillance capabilities passed Congress by voice vote without debate. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 9:20 am
"To ask for an en banc rehearing when the government didn't get one vote on the panel below struck me as a little unusual," Pohl said. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 9:41 am
The appeals court majority voted to send Rattigan’s suit back to the trial court. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 8:22 am
Our work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 7:54 am
Charlie Cray is a research specialist with Greenpeace USA and the director of the Center for Corporate Policy in Washington, DC. [read post]
