Civil Rights Law 
Foes of Pa. photo-ID law cite Puerto Ricans’ plight – Philadelphia Daily News
Of all the groups claiming to be burdened by the new law requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote in Pennsylvania, people born in Puerto Rico have it the worst, a coalition of civil rights and Latino advocacy organizations said … Continue reading
Romney Includes ‘Sexual Orientation’ in NAACP Speech While the LGBT Movement Plays a One-Party Game – Huffington Post
At the federal level there are two main parts to equality for our community. The first involves equal federal nondiscrimination protections under the civil rights laws, which cover every area of regular life except marriage. Here we need only …
Texas’ poll tax in disguise – Los Angeles Times
This exclusionary campaign should not be allowed to destroy a great constitutional achievement of the civil rights revolution. The 24th Amendment forbids the imposition of “any poll tax or other tax” in federal elections. Texas’ law flatly …
Civil-rights group: Look at leaders of all races, ethnicities for new FAMU president – Orlando Sentinel
The civil-rights group urged trustees to embrace diversity in their … can move FAMU in a positive direction,” said Humphries, who now works at FAMU’s law school in Orlando. Marybeth Gasman, a higher-education professor at the University …
Foes of Pa. photo-ID law cite Puerto Ricans’ plight – Philadelphia Daily News
Of all the groups claiming to be burdened by the new law requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote in Pennsylvania, people born in Puerto Rico have it the worst, a coalition of civil rights and Latino advocacy organizations said … Continue reading
NAACP’s support of gay marriage reverberates at convention – YAHOO!
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The biggest U.S. civil rights group’s two-month-old decision to support … continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law,” the organization said in a statement when the resolution was approved …
NAACP’s support of gay marriage reverberates at convention – msnbc.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The biggest U.S. civil rights group’s two-month-old decision to support … is “a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law,” the organization said in a statement when the resolution was approved at …
Drone fears unite Virginia ACLU and conservative delegate – Washington Post
“Both the ACLU and I believe, as do many Virginians across the political spectrum, that the use of drones by police and other government agencies should be strictly controlled by state laws that protect the privacy and civil rights of … Continue reading
City Council Notebook: Gay civil rights moves forward – Arizona Daily Sun
Council Chambers were filled twice Tuesday night with a roaring applause from several dozen residents backing the establishment of a gay civil rights ordinance covering … not its adoption as an actual law. Councilmembers Celia Barotz, Mark Woodson …
Michigan students sue school district for violating their ‘right to read’ – The Christian Science Monitor
The class-action lawsuit appears to be the first of its kind, and potentially signals a new wave of civil rights litigation in the United States to enforce laws intended to boost academic achievement, education law experts say. The American …
