The Supreme Court heard oral arguments dealing with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act this past week. During the hearing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia called African Americans right to vote a “racial entitlement.” Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP and Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus joined Roland [...]
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, THE UNVEILING OF ROSA PARKS STATUE AND SEQUESTRATION ARE AMONG THE HEADLINING TOPICS ON MARCH 3 WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN Topics to include: the impact of the sequester on minorities; the Supreme Court reviews section five of The Voting Rights Act of 1965; the one year anniversary of [...]
Source: Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Conservative justices on the Supreme Court expressed skepticism Wednesday about whether the federal government should still be requiring preclearance of voting system changes in certain places with a history of racial discrimination in elections. Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that the continuation of Section 5 of the Voting [...]
Roland Martin, Douglas Brinkley and Suzanne Malveaux discuss the Supreme Court hearing a case challenging the Voting Rights Act. Plus, a statue of Rosa Parks is unveiled at the Capitol.
Source: Mark Sherman / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box was before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that weighs the nation’s enormous progress in civil rights against the need to continue to protect minority voters. The justices were hearing arguments in a [...]
This past week, the Virginia state legislature passed a strict, new voter ID law. It has two more hurdles to get over before it becomes law. First, Virginia Republican Governor Bob McDonnell could veto it. That’s not likely, as a new poll shows 75 percent of all Virginians in favor of voter ID. The second [...]
Source: Robert Barnes / The Washington Post MONTGOMERY, Ala. — At the top of the steps of Alabama’s elegant old Capitol, there’s a six-pointed bronze star marking the spot where Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederacy.At the foot of the steps is a historical marker dedicated to black citizens who in the [...]
Source: AP / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have been violated if the Supreme Court strikes down a key part of a voting rights law. The court is set to hear arguments Wednesday. It’s a challenge to a section [...]
Source: Terrence Stutz / The Dallas Morning News In a ruling that could signal a huge fiscal impact on Texas, a state judge ruled Monday that the Texas school finance system is not delivering enough funding for schools to do their job and is sending out that money in an unfair and unconstitutional manner. State District Judge [...]
Source: Mike Sacks / The Huffington Post On Monday morning, Justice Clarence Thomas broke nearly seven years of silence at Supreme Court oral arguments. Problem is, what he said was apparently so funny that you had to be there. Really — the court’s official transcript didn’t catch his words. Before Thomas spoke in Boyer v. Louisiana, Justice [...]
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