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The Department of Justice late had urged the justices to reject the case against Harvard. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)
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On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) referenced the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965[1] in a speech to the National Urban League at the organization’s annual convention in Philadelphia. Speaking indirectly to Texas lawmakers, Holder is turning his attention on the state and asking it to approve any changes to voting rules with the Justice Department via the “preclearance” rule. SEE ALSO:Holder To NAACP: Trayvon’s Death Made Me Sit Down With My Son[2] Last month, the high court struck down one of the key provisions of the Act, Section 4B or “preclearance,” which allowed the Justice Department to intervene should states under the law make changes or added voting rules that added a discriminatory or disruptive bent. Five states, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi, quickly moved ahead with controversial Voter ID laws [3]that the Department of Justice (DOJ) found discriminatory. Holder is clear that ...
The Change Agent Consortium and its members will participate in a rally for Trayvon Martin in Detroit outside of the Department of Justice Saturday,...
The Department of Justice has confirmed that it is reviewing the State of Florida’s case against George Zimmerman, 29, as well as information gathered from their independent investigation to determine if he will face federal civil rights charges for the February 26, 2012 killing of unarmed, Black teen, Trayvon Martin. “Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial,” Iverson said Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson. As previously reported by NewsOne[1], NAACP President Ben Jealous released a statement making it plain that we are “not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin”: “The most fundamental of civil rights—the right to life—was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then too ...
