From ThinkProgress: A three-judge panel rejected South Carolina’s request that it reinstate a state voter identification law for the 2012 elections. The law had been denied pre-clearance by the U.S. Department of Justice for violating the Voting Rights Act. Much like the recent Pennsylvania decision, the panel ruled that the…
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My Constitutional Law Professor, Victor Goode, has authored an excellent piece on the upcoming affirmation action case: On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case many court watchers believe will lead to the functional end of affirmative action in higher education.…
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From WP: The wealthiest one-third of lawmakers were largely immune from the Great Recession, taking the fewest financial hits and watching their investments quickly recover and rise to new heights. But more than 20 percent of the members of the current Congress — 121 lawmakers — appeared to be worse…
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New York Times: While employers added only a modest 114,000 jobs last month, the jobless rate declined from 8.1 percent in August. The unemployment rate fell because more people were working, not because discouraged job seekers stopped looking, the numbers showed. Adding to the positive news, job gains were revised…
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From The Root: This bait and switch performance was signaled in March by Romney’s key strategist Eric Fehrnstrom when CNN asked whether his candidate’s hard-core conservative positions taken during the primary would hurt him with moderates in the campaign against Obama. “Well, I think you hit a reset button for…
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“I just want to make sure I’ve got this straight: He’ll get rid of regulations on Wall Street, but he’s going to crack down on `Sesame Street,'” Barack Obama 10/4/2012 (10)
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“Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain…” by Kay Whitlock The first 2012 presidential debate saw an arrogant Republican deployment of the Patriarchal Authoritarian Archetype. A Botoxed Mitt Romney began by harvesting moderator Jim Lehrer’s courage and integrity – I’m old enough to remember when Mr. Lehrer used…
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