Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I think there has to be some difference between people who come here legally and illegally. It is just a matter of common sense and a matter of the rule of law. If we’re not going to apply the law fairly and consistently, [...]
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Commemorating “Bloody Sunday,” Eric Holder Challenges Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act
More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma’s annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event commemorates the “Bloody Sunday” beating of voting rights marchers — including a young Lewis — by state troopers as they began a march to Montgomery in March [...]
Maddow on Antonin Scalia: “He’s a Troll” [Video]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook “I think he knows how that sounds, and that’s the neat thing about being there in person, is you can see: Oh, actually, he’s a troll. He’s saying this for affect. He knows it’s offensive. He [...]
Justice Antonin Scalia’s “Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement”
Under Section 5 of the law, nine states, mostly in the South, but also including Alaska and Arizona, as well as dozens of counties, townships, cities, and elected boards in other states, must get permission, or “preclearance,” from the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington for any change in voting procedures, no matter [...]
Top Story: Voter I.D. Law Meant to Suppress the Vote in Pennsylvania Upheld
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A Pennsylvania judge has rejected claims that the state’s controversial voter-ID law disenfranchises poor, urban voters. As a result, the state’s 8.2 million registered voters will be required to present a state-approved voter ID when they head to the polls on November 6. [...]
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