Voting Rights Act

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April 18, 2013
OPINION - The justice also criticized attempts to expand the number of minority groups protected by the federal government, noting…
April 5, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court…
April 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
March 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The location is one of 13 new sites to receive federal recognition, including the home of Uncle…
March 10, 2013
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary…
March 3, 2013
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts…
February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights…
February 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - If it rules as expected in two closely-watched cases over the next few months, the U.S. Supreme…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights…
February 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have…
November 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will consider eliminating the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling…
October 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights…
October 1, 2012
NBC NEWS - The U.S. Supreme Court term that begins Monday promises to be one of the most important for…
August 6, 2012
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
July 19, 2012
Eric Holder's remarks last week that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of a poll tax are receiving criticism…
July 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A controversial voter identification law adopted earlier this year here could potentially prevent tens of thousands of…
June 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Texas Republican Party has a plank in their 2012 platform that could take the country back…
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an…
February 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republicans are continuing to push controversial laws that could limit voting and voter registration drives...
January 9, 2012
From Color Lines: Justice Thomas claimed he wasn't even aware that he had to report his wife's income and corrected…