Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder asked a Federal court in the state of Texas to subject the State of Texas to pre-clearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. While the US Supreme Court may have struck down Section 4 of
Martha Stewart allegedly uses insider information to prevent a stock loss of around $46,000 – and goes to jail. U.S. prosecutors indict billionaire Steven Cohen’s hedge fund, that would be “the corporation,” for insider trading, but file absolutely NO charges against CEO
In my email today from Drew Courtney, Director of Communications at PFAW, was the following: One item that didn’t get the attention it deserved during the hearings of DC Circuit nominee Nina Pillard today is her role leading Georgetown University Law Center’s
Congress must act to correct the Supreme Court’s many wrongs. — by Julian Bond The racial picture in America has improved remarkably in my lifetime, so much so that a black man has been elected and re-elected President of the United States
— by Ian Millhiser on Jun 26, 2013 at 3:00 pm Tuesday’s decision neutering a key prong of the Voting Rights Act leaves supporters of voting rights in a difficult position. If they do nothing, voter suppression laws can go into effect,
By Nicole Flatow on Jun 20, 2013 at 12:10 pm In case it wasn’t clear already, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered home Thursday morning that it will protect the rights of corporations to force arbitration over the individuals’ access to the court system at
— by Chris Kang, Senior Counsel to the President, May 17, 2013 Yesterday, President Obama demonstrated his continued commitment to increasing the diversity of our federal judiciary, so that it better reflects the nation it serves. He nominated four distinguished women to serve on
— by Vickie Rock, NV Rural Democratic Caucus, 2013-05-14 Have you been paying attention? The GOP doesn’t think so and they’re trying to pull the wool over everybody’s eyes with this “AP phone records” announcement, as though their fingerprints weren’t anywhere near
— an Op-Ed by Senator Bernie Sanders We are supposed to be a country of laws. The laws should apply to Wall Street as well as everybody else. So I was stunned when our country’s top law enforcement official recently suggested it
