Category: Legal Reform

Election Monitors or Enforcers in Wisconsin? Project 21’s Green Wants to Know

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As Wisconsin voters went to the polls yesterday in the state’s special recall election, federal monitors from the Justice Department were on hand to watch them. They weren’t there to make sure no one voted in anyone else’s name.  They ...
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Do Free Speech Rights Apply to Union Members, Too? In Knox v. SEIU, Supreme Court Soon to Rule on SEIU Funding Gimmicks

National Policy Analysis #637 /
Summary Labor unions are notorious for coercive, strong-arm tactics. They have a sordid history of intimidating workers to join a union and stifling members and non-members who oppose that union's agenda. The facts in Knox v. SEIU show that California's ...
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Voter ID and South Carolina: The Supreme Court Speaks Yet DOJ Won’t Listen

National Policy Analysis #634 /
Summary The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has formally objected to South Carolina's new voter identification law. The Department of Justice is effectively ignoring Supreme Court precedent, signaling a willingness to ignore electoral voter violations, raising grave ...
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Holder’s “Sacred” Speech Leaves Project 21 Members Puzzled

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“Sacred.” It’s an interesting word for Attorney General Eric Holder to have used — considering the venue. Holder was a guest of the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday as they met with black clergy to, in the words of CBC chairman ...
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Black Conservatives Join Supreme Court Brief Urging Reconsideration of Racial Quotas

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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network joined a legal brief filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the Court to overturn a recent decision that allows "diversity" to be used to maintain racial ...
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National Center Welcomes First Amendment Lawsuits Filed Against Contraception Mandate

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy issued the following statement concerning the forty-three Catholic dioceses and organizations across the country that have announced religious liberty lawsuits against the federal government challenging the Obama administration's contraception mandate. "When ...
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National Center for Public Policy Research Reacts to Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s Decision to Sign Voter ID into Law

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Mason Neck, VA/Washington, DC - National Center for Public Policy Research adjunct fellow and legal commentator Horace Cooper today issued the following statement concerning the Voter ID legislation signed into law by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell: "Governor McDonnell and the ...
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Yum! Brands, Owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, to Face Questioning by Irate Conservatives at Annual Shareholder Meeting Thursday

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National Center for Public Policy Research to Reveal Results of New Poll Showing Public Response to Yum! Boycotting a Conservative Group at Request of Far Left Conservative Group Had Supported Voter ID New Poll Shows Yum! Reputation in Jeopardy, Situation ...
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National Center for Public Policy Research Reacts to DOT’s Proposed Federal Ban on All Cell Phone Use While Driving

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced on Thursday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) is pushing for Congress to ban all cell phone usage while driving. Previously the federal authorities, including the National Transportation Safety Board ...
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In Light of Coca-Cola’s Surrender Over ALEC, Shareholder Activist to Tell Coca-Cola Executives to Stand Firm Against Future Radical Left Demands

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Coca-Cola's Capitulation to Tiny Pressure Group Means the Company Just Put a Giant "Kick Me" Sign on its Back Atlanta, GA / Washington, D.C. - At today's shareholder meeting, National Center for Public Policy Research Executive Director David W. Almasi ...
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