PASADENA, Calif. (CN) – A Ninth Circuit panel scrutinized a former Southern California mayor’s challenge to the state’s Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, seeming to doubt his claim that a change in the way the city elects its council members had unconstitutional consequences.Source: Ninth Circuit Takes New Swipe at Ex-Mayor’s Fight of Voting Districts...
“I was the first person who ran for president without the protection of the Voting Rights Act, and I will tell you, it makes a really big difference.Source: Hillary Clinton’s claims about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin...
Clinton says voter suppression contributed to her defeat. Maybe, but Voting Rights Act might not have saved her In a recent speech, Hillary Clinton identified voter suppression tactics as a major cause of her defeat in the 2016 presidential election.Source: Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on the downfall of the Voting Rights Act: But is she right?...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments early next year on lawsuits challenging the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, acting with unusual speed in a politically charged case.Source: Supreme Court Will Hear Fast-Track Arguments in Census Case...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in a tweet Wednesday linked the Trump administration’s controversial push to add a citizenship question to the Census to an approach to drawing districts that would boost Republican power. Latest absurd freak out is over #census2020 citizenship question.Source: Rubio Tweet Links Census Citizenship Question To Redistricting...
