Civil Rights Law

I’m very much for personal economic and sexual freedom and staunchly oppose any law that attempts to curtail such liberties.  However, this campaign to “ban” hotel porn seems to be, to borrow Douglas Adams, mostly harmless.  In their letter, Sirs … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, Romney will make a pitch to the nation’s premier civil-rights group, testing Obama’s overwhelming … The state is challenging the ruling and a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In remarks to the NAACP Tuesday, … Continue reading →

Michael Yaki Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights : Voter ID laws have little do with actual voter fraud and everything to do with disenfranchising minority and poor voters. In testimony before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the actual number … Continue reading →

which would be charged with enforcing the state’s civil-rights laws. In the first of his three gubernatorial elections — all of which relied on ticket-splitters to overcome the Democratic advantage in Michigan — he urged black voters to …

A quiz. The attorney general’s comments came as a panel of three federal judges in Washington heard testimony in the second day of a weeklong trial to determine whether the Texas voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act. The … Continue reading →

… evidence of church harassment that has become the basis of a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to protect nonbelievers from the church and from civil and law enforcement authorities said to be under its control. Filed last month by … Continue reading →

The issue is a legacy item from the previous Council, which was asked roughly a year ago to draft an ordinance that would expand the employment protection of the Civil Rights Act to cover additional categories, such as sexual orientation … Continue reading →

A coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups argues just the opposite, saying in a legal brief Friday that Georgia’s law, currently on hold pending the appeals court’s decision, would interfere with the federal government’s authority …

Civil rights advocates have already secured broad, bipartisan support and the President’s endorsement of two bills: the Safe Schools Improvement Act and the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Comprehensive laws. Effective implementation.

Supporters of Texas also hope the case will force the U.S. Supreme Court to rule whether the Voting Rights Act, enacted during the Civil Rights Era to protect minority voters, has outlived its usefulness. The trial over the Texas law … Continue reading →