Justice Department to challenge states voting rights laws
The Justice Department is preparing to take fresh legal action in a string of voting rights cases across the nation, U.S. officials said, part of a new attempt to blunt the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that the Obama administration has warned will imperil minority representation.
The decision to challenge state officials marks an aggressive effort to continue policing voting rights issues and follows a ruling by the court last month that invalidated a critical part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The justices threw out a part of the act that determined which states with a history of discrimination had to be granted Justice Department or court approval before making voting law changes.
In the coming weeks, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is expected to announce that the Justice Department is using other sections of the Voting Rights Act to bring lawsuits or take other legal action to prevent states from implementing certain laws, including requirements to present certain kinds of identification in order to vote. The department is also expected to try to force certain states to get approval, or pre-clearance, before they can change their election laws.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-to-challenge-states-voting-rights-laws/2013/07/25/c26740b2-f49b-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
HUGE: AG Holder will bring a lawsuit against Texas for its voter suppression law & discriminatory redistricting plan.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-to-challenge-states-voting-rights-laws/2013/07/25/c26740b2-f49b-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html
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10:13 AM - 25 Jul 2013
Justice Department to challenge states voting rights laws
The move is part of an attempt to blunt the impact of the Supreme Courts recent ruling.
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Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
AG Holder and the DOJ will bring lawsuits/legal action against states trying to implement voter suppression laws.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-to-challenge-states-voting-rights-laws/2013/07/25/c26740b2-f49b-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html
10:09 AM - 25 Jul 2013
Justice Department to challenge states voting rights laws
The move is part of an attempt to blunt the impact of the Supreme Courts recent ruling.
Post Politics @postpolitics
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