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“The State of Redistricting Litigation (August 2017 Edition)”
The State of Redistricting Litigation (August 2017 Edition) | Brennan Center for Justice A couple of weeks ago, a family discussion about the usual–the Horror, how it came about, the 2016 election, Hillary, et al–convinced me that the link above … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Brennan Center, Charlottesville, gerrymander, gerrymandering, Second Amendment, Shelby v Holder, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacy
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The power of nonviolent protest
A few years ago I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of two friends. One day, I spent some hours in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, and the arboreal, stunning square across the street, Kelly Ingram Park, now part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Anne Schwerner, Birmingham Alabama, Birmingham Children's March, Brimingham Civil Rights Institute, Charlottesville, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gandhi, Kelly Ingram Park, march to Selma, Martin Luther King, Mickey Schwerner, neo-Nazis, New Rochelle High School, passive resistance, racism, The Children's March, Voting Rights Act of 1965, white supremacists
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Big yippee! SCOTUS won’t review NC voter ID law decision
Source: Strict North Carolina Voter ID Law Thwarted After Supreme Court Rejects Case – The New York Times In the midst of the genuine joy over this BIG non-decision is this, via the reprehensible John Roberts–whose court damned the Voting … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged voter ID laws, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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