www.politicususa.com/2013/06/26/supreme-court-activists-conspired-republicans-alec-kill-democracy.html
"What the conservative court accomplished besides handing ALEC the right to restrict minority voters in the South is effectively abolishing the 15th Amendment. Remember, none of ALEC’s voter suppression laws are worded to restrict minority voting, but they do specifically target minorities who are most adversely affected by Republican policies."
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Southern Republicans begin gleefully acting quickly in response to gutting of Voting Rights Act
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219118/-States-once-covered-by-Voting-Rights-Act-s-pre-clearance-rules-move-quickly-on-election-law-changes
"Seemingly within minutes of the Supreme Court's announcement of its ruling yanking the teeth of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday, officials in several states were saying they would move ahead with new election laws that no longer must be pre-cleared by federal authorities because of the court's 5-4 decision."
"Seemingly within minutes of the Supreme Court's announcement of its ruling yanking the teeth of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday, officials in several states were saying they would move ahead with new election laws that no longer must be pre-cleared by federal authorities because of the court's 5-4 decision."
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Under Obamacare, Montana Residents Will Get Better Benefits For Less Money Than They’re Paying Now
Under Obamacare, Montana Residents Will Get Better Benefits For Less Money Than They’re Paying Now: Individual and small group health plans sold on Montana’s Obamacare marketplace in 2014 will be cheaper than what current plans would have cost without the health law — even though the new marketplace plans will offer significantly better benefits than the status quo, according to a new Montana actuary report. Without the health law, insurance [...]/p
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before: Ohio lawmakers are currently trying to pass a state budget, but many of the debates over the legislation have nothing to do with the state’s financial policies whatsoever. Abortion opponents have hijacked the budget negotiations to launch several attacks on women’s health, tacking on provisions that would defund Planned Parenthood, shut down abortion clinics, and [...]/p
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before
Ohio Lawmakers Amend Their State Budget’s Abortion Restrictions To Be Even Worse Than Before: Ohio lawmakers are currently trying to pass a state budget, but many of the debates over the legislation have nothing to do with the state’s financial policies whatsoever. Abortion opponents have hijacked the budget negotiations to launch several attacks on women’s health, tacking on provisions that would defund Planned Parenthood, shut down abortion clinics, and [...]/p
Less Than 24 Hours After Abortion Bill Filibuster, Texas Governor Calls Another Special Session
Less Than 24 Hours After Abortion Bill Filibuster, Texas Governor Calls Another Special Session: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) will call a second special legislative session that will begin on July 1, according to ABC News reporter Arlette Saenz. The news comes less than 24 hours after Texas’ first special session concluded with a 13-hour filibuster that effectively blocked an omnibus abortion bill from passing. Perry convened the first [...]/p
The Lies You’ll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’
The Lies You’ll Probably Hear If You Visit A Right-Wing ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’: Taking the morning after pill is equivalent to having an abortion. Emergency contraception typically causes dangerous hemorrhaging, can damage the cervix, and often lands women in the hospital. It’s not a good idea to buy emergency contraception over the counter. Choosing abortion is emotionally damaging to women. Those are just a few of the falsehoods [...]/p
The IRS “Scandal” Was A Set-Up | Common Dreams
The IRS “Scandal” Was A Set-Up | Common Dreams
"Got that? Republicans told the IG to limit it to conservaitve sounding names, and then when the IG report only mentioned conservative-sounding names, they blasted out this “scandal” to the media.
It was a set-up from the start. And the media completely fell for it. If you hear anyone say that “the IRS targeted conservatives” please let them know this is not what happened — not at all."
"Got that? Republicans told the IG to limit it to conservaitve sounding names, and then when the IG report only mentioned conservative-sounding names, they blasted out this “scandal” to the media.
It was a set-up from the start. And the media completely fell for it. If you hear anyone say that “the IRS targeted conservatives” please let them know this is not what happened — not at all."
The Texas-Oklahoma Red River Smackdown Foreshadows Water Fights To Come
The Texas-Oklahoma Red River Smackdown Foreshadows Water Fights To Come: Here’s a preview of the way climate change and human-driven global warming could upend our society, in the form of a recently decided Supreme Court case. Over the last few years, a dispute between Texas and Oklahoma over the 35-year old Red River Compact has been winding its way through the court system. The compact [...]/p
Three Of Every Four Americans Are Living Paycheck-To-Paycheck
Three Of Every Four Americans Are Living Paycheck-To-Paycheck: According to a new survey, more than three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck in order to make ends meet. The study, conducted by Bankrate.com, found that 76 percent of citizens had less than six months’ worth of savings to their name. Half of Americans had less than three months emergency savings and more than a [...]/p
Top Senate Republican Hints Voting Rights Act May Be Held Hostage In Exchange For Voter Suppression
Top Senate Republican Hints Voting Rights Act May Be Held Hostage In Exchange For Voter Suppression: 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, and may not be struck down by the courts until after they have succeeded in disenfranchising many voters. Yet the Roberts Court’s decision to [...]/p
Supreme Court’s War on Democracy
www.consortiumnews.com/2013/06/25/supreme-courts-war-on-democracy/
"After the Voting Rights Act was gutted on Tuesday, some officials from the Old Confederacy immediately rubbed their hands with glee, anticipating how they could minimize the number of black and brown voters in future elections and maximize the number of white Republican members of Congress."
"After the Voting Rights Act was gutted on Tuesday, some officials from the Old Confederacy immediately rubbed their hands with glee, anticipating how they could minimize the number of black and brown voters in future elections and maximize the number of white Republican members of Congress."
House Republicans Charged The American Taxpayer $2.3 Million To Lose DOMA Case
House Republicans Charged The American Taxpayer $2.3 Million To Lose DOMA Case: Two years ago, House Republicans hired Paul Clement, the former Solicitor General who has since built a practice out of trying to convince judges to repeal laws supported by Democrats and preserve laws supported by Republicans, to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act. Clement’s team then charged the taxpayer $520 an hour to unsuccessfully [...]/p
CEOs Made 273 Times What Workers Did In 2012
CEOs Made 273 Times What Workers Did In 2012: Wages have been stagnant or falling for American workers throughout the recovery, but their bosses’ pay has rebounded dramatically. Average CEO compensation hit $14.1 million in 2012, up more than a third from 2009, and the ratio of CEO pay to worker pay hit a staggering 272.9-to-1, according to new research from the Economic Policy [...]/p
Supreme Court Rules DOMA Is Unconstitutional
Supreme Court Rules DOMA Is Unconstitutional: The Supreme Court just handed down a 5-4 decision striking the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act. According to Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion for the Court, “[t]he federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect [...]/p
TX Senate Erupts Into Chaos As GOP Tries to Cheat Their Way To Abortion Ban
TX Senate Erupts Into Chaos As GOP Tries to Cheat Their Way To Abortion Ban
"Because of Republicans' behavior in front of Texas and the rest of America, it's quite likely Texas really will turn blue, and sooner rather than later. Stay tuned, this is just the beginning."
"Because of Republicans' behavior in front of Texas and the rest of America, it's quite likely Texas really will turn blue, and sooner rather than later. Stay tuned, this is just the beginning."
Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage
Republican Senator Calls For Abolishing The Minimum Wage: On the 75th anniversary of the landmark bill that established a minimum wage, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called for abolishing it completely, the Huffington Post reports. At a Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee meeting to mark 75 years since the signing of the Federal Labor Standards Act, which set a minimum wage and mandated [...]/p
The Court, The Corporate Coup, And The Call To Struggle
The Court, The Corporate Coup, And The Call To Struggle
"Our democracy was under siege even before the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act. This decision caps the Court's clean sweep on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce and is part of a concerted effort to seize democracy on behalf of moneyed interests."
"Our democracy was under siege even before the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act. This decision caps the Court's clean sweep on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce and is part of a concerted effort to seize democracy on behalf of moneyed interests."
Sick? The GOP Wants You to Come to Work Anyway | Alternet
Sick? The GOP Wants You to Come to Work Anyway | Alternet
"Florida Governor Rick Scott is latest Republican to block paid sick leave."
"Florida Governor Rick Scott is latest Republican to block paid sick leave."
Thanks To The Supreme Court, Wendy Davis Will Probably Lose Her Senate Seat
Thanks To The Supreme Court, Wendy Davis Will Probably Lose Her Senate Seat: On the very same day that Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) drew national attention for stopping a bill that would have closed every abortion clinic in the state and outlawed abortion after 20 weeks, the Supreme Court gutted the law that kept her in office in the first place. In fact, just an hour [...]/p
Democrat Ed Markey Claims Mass. Senate Seat
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Rep. Lewis : 'Sad To Have To Fight This Fight All Over Again'
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PERRspectives: John Roberts Completes 30 Year Mission to Kill Voting Rights Act
PERRspectives: John Roberts Completes 30 Year Mission to Kill Voting Rights Act
"To put it another way, the conservative majority on the Roberts' Court called a foul ball fair. Apparently, that's what Reagan staffer turned Chief Umpire John Roberts meant to do all along."
"To put it another way, the conservative majority on the Roberts' Court called a foul ball fair. Apparently, that's what Reagan staffer turned Chief Umpire John Roberts meant to do all along."
Killing The Voting Rights Act
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster
Texas Lawmaker Attempts To Block Stringent Abortion Restrictions With 13-Hour Filibuster: Texas’ special session ends at midnight on Tuesday. And if state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) can continue speaking until that point about the dangerous effects of SB 5, an omnibus abortion bill that Texas Republicans are currently attempting to push through the extra lawmaking session, she’ll effectively block it from being able to pass. Since [...]/p
Virginia Attorney General Complained Voting Rights Act Required ‘Running To Mommy’
Virginia Attorney General Complained Voting Rights Act Required ‘Running To Mommy’: By paralyzing the federal government’s power to guard against implementation of laws with a discriminatory effect — even in places like Virginia with a history of voter suppression— it will be much harder for citizens to cast their votes, regardless of the stated intent of the suppression.
How The Supreme Court Just Undercut The Environmental Progress Obama Envisions
How The Supreme Court Just Undercut The Environmental Progress Obama Envisions: On the day that President Obama made a major announcement on his commitment to protecting the environment, the U.S. Supreme Court had other ideas. In a 5-4 ruling that could dramatically expand challenges to environmental land use laws, the court held Tuesday that a state’s regulation of privately owned wetlands was subject to severe constitutional [...]/p
Sen. Murray Blasts Republicans For ‘Governing By Crisis’
Sen. Murray Blasts Republicans For ‘Governing By Crisis’: In an interview with ThinkProgress on Tuesday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) blasted the pattern of manufactured legislative crises that’s prevailed in Congress since 2011. Murray, who was at Center for American Progress to give a speech on early childhood education, argued that Republican obstructionism has prevented the government from effectively planning for [...]/p
Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters
Two Hours After The Supreme Court Gutted The Voting Rights Act, Texas AG Suppresses Minority Voters: Just two hours after the Supreme Court reasoned that discrimination is not rampant enough in Southern states to warrant restrictions under the Voting Rights Act, Texas is already advancing a voter ID law and a redistricting map blocked last year for discriminating against black and Latino residents. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement [...]/p
Ku Klux Kourt Kills King's Dream Law, Replaces Voting Rights Act With Katherine Harris Acts
Ku Klux Kourt Kills King's Dream Law, Replaces Voting Rights Act With Katherine Harris Acts
"The Jim Crow majority on the Supreme Court just took away the vote of millions of Hispanic and African-American voters by wiping away Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
"The Jim Crow majority on the Supreme Court just took away the vote of millions of Hispanic and African-American voters by wiping away Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
Cable News Virtually Ignores Obama’s Major Climate Speech
Cable News Virtually Ignores Obama’s Major Climate Speech: While the lack of coverage is shocking enough, perhaps the most astounding media failure of the day was by FOX News, who broke from Obama’s climate speech to interview climate denier Chris Horner. Horner works for the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, and is largely funded by the oil money, including the Koch Brothers and Exxon-Mobil.
The Supreme Court's War on the Great Society
The Supreme Court's War on the Great Society
"The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is arguably the most important and successful civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress. Today, without remotely adequate justification, a bare majority of the Supreme Court cut the heart out of the centerpiece of the Great Society."
"The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is arguably the most important and successful civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress. Today, without remotely adequate justification, a bare majority of the Supreme Court cut the heart out of the centerpiece of the Great Society."
Supreme Court's Right-Wing Clique Guts the Voting Rights Act -- After Five Decades of Protecting Minorities, Suddenly, It's 'Unconstitutional' | Alternet
Supreme Court's Right-Wing Clique Guts the Voting Rights Act -- After Five Decades of Protecting Minorities, Suddenly, It's 'Unconstitutional' | Alternet
"The ruling means that the Department of Justice will no longer be able to stop many of the most abusive election practices seen in the 2012 presidential election cycle where Republicans sought to change voting rules to advantage their party. The DOJ used the law to reject racially biased congressional district lines in Texas, to reject Florida’s efforts to curtail early voting and voter registration drives, and to reject new and tougher voter ID laws in other states."
"The ruling means that the Department of Justice will no longer be able to stop many of the most abusive election practices seen in the 2012 presidential election cycle where Republicans sought to change voting rules to advantage their party. The DOJ used the law to reject racially biased congressional district lines in Texas, to reject Florida’s efforts to curtail early voting and voter registration drives, and to reject new and tougher voter ID laws in other states."
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