Eleventh Circuit upholds Georgia voter ID law

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Georgia law that requires voters to present government-issued photo identification in order ... for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) advocacy website , and other civil rights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:32:09

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TPMtv: "Black and Bitter"

A recent Justice Department report found that John Tanner, the former head of DOJ's voting-rights section, told a colleague he liked his coffee " ... the chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights, which works to protect voting rights. This is hardly ... in the video to Tanner's support for a Georgia voter ID law that an appeals court later likened to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:04:51

Defense of Marriage Act author urges repeal

by Jay McDonough Bob Barr, ex congressman from Georgia and author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act recommended the laws repeal today in a Los ... grounds legally, conflicting with the Constitutions Full Faith and Credit clause, but the U.S. Supreme ... (Civil unions and gay marriage) last week: According to a 1997 Government Accounting Office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:23:38

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