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“The Voting Rights Act May Be Coming Back From the Dead”
Source: The Voting Rights Act May Be Coming Back From the Dead | Mother Jones I don’t want you all to get too excited about this. I’m too excited. Let me bear the entire burden. And just when the racist, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Mother Jones, Shelby v Holder, Supreme Court of the United States, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Bad laws in our nation ruled by law: Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal) & Shelby v Holder (voting rights)
Number 4 of Casey Sullivan’s 13 worst Supreme Court decisions: 4. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): The Court’s famous “separate but equal” ruling upheld state segregation laws. In doing so, the Court made sure that the gains of the post-Civil War … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief Justice John Roberts, civil rights, gerrymandering, Passy v Ferguson, SCOTUS decisions, Shelby v Holder, Supreme Court of the United States, voter ID laws, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965, worst SCOTUS decisions
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