Civil Rights Law 
NAACP pledges to overcome voter ID law – Houston Chronicle
Alluding to the long struggle of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization … attack more than at any other time in history since we passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” she said. “We overcame then and we … Continue reading
State to fight feds in court today over voter ID law – MySanAntonio
Civil rights groups contend that Texas’ 2011 law requiring voters to provide identification with a photo issued by the state or the military discriminates against minority residents and violates the federal Voting Rights Act. They say it harkens back to … Continue reading
Texas To Test Voting Rights Act In U.S. District Court – Huffington Post
Existing Texas law says voters have to show a voter registration card … Applewhite, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, does not have a driver’s license, and the state cannot find her birth certificate.
Options to combat civil rights abuses offered at conference – Las Vegas Sun
The nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights organization continued its annual conference … to file a complaint and that those who do are protected by law from retaliation. Monica Ramirez, senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of …
Trial set to begin today in Texas’ battle with feds over state Voter ID law – MySanAntonio
Civil rights groups contend that Texas’ 2011 law requiring voters to provide identification with a photo issued by the state or the military discriminates against minority citizens and violates the federal Voting Rights Act. They say it harkens back to … Continue reading
Trial set to begin today in Texas’ battle with feds over state Voter ID law – Houston Chronicle
Civil rights groups contend that Texas’ 2011 law requiring voters to provide identification with a photo issued by the state or the military discriminates against minority citizens and violates the federal Voting Rights Act. They say it harkens back to … Continue reading
Mitt Romney low-key on civil rights, in contrast to dad – Los Angeles Times
which would be charged with enforcing the state’s civil rights laws. “I speak as a member of a minority group that knows the longtime harmful effect of persecution and discrimination,” Romney said then, according to University of Michigan …
Mitt Romney low-key on civil rights, in contrast to his father – Los Angeles Times
which would be charged with enforcing the state’s civil rights laws. “I speak as a member of a minority group that knows the longtime harmful effect of persecution and discrimination,” Romney said then, according to University of Michigan …
Denton fought for civil rights, liberal causes – Las Vegas Review Journal
After law school, Denton returned to Nevada … Walter Baring, a conservative Democrat who opposed civil rights and Great Society legislation. Denton barely lost both times. Denton and his family moved to Boulder City in 1959. He served as interim … Continue reading
Texas to challenge Justice Department’s block of voter ID law – Raw Story
The Texas attorney-general, Greg Abbott, argues that the Voting Rights Act does not apply because the state is simply enforcing anti-fraud measures in order to “protect the integrity of the vote”. But civil rights groups say the voter ID law … Continue reading
