Author: The National Center

Supreme Court to Examine Constitutionality of Dysfunctional Section of Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court to Examine Constitutionality of Dysfunctional Section of Voting Rights Act

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Black Conservatives Welcome Bringing Nearly 50-Year-Old Law Based on 50-Year-Old Presumptions Into the 21st Century Project 21 Black Leadership Network Joined Court Brief Supporting Challenge Washington, D.C. - By agreeing today to examine the constitutionality of an outdated portion of ...
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Voter ID Opponents' Latest Spurious Claim: Voter ID Allegedly Slows Election Tabulations, by Horace Cooper

Voter ID Opponents’ Latest Spurious Claim: Voter ID Allegedly Slows Election Tabulations, by Horace Cooper

National Policy Analysis #643 /
Critics of commonsense anti-fraud measures such as voter ID continue to engage in desperate efforts to change public opinion on the issue, racing from one complaint to another. They've claimed that requiring voters to present identification is a form of ...
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Values, Beliefs Lost on Election Day, by Archbishop Council Nedd II

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In post-election post-mortem mode, many so-called Christian conservatives wonder why President Obama won so decisively. They similarly scratch their heads over same-sex marriage victories in Maryland and Maine and defeated pro-life candidates in states once thought to be reliably conservative ...
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An Ode To The Role Of Big Government, by Elaina F. George, MD

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a vision of the federal government as our savior is being perpetuated by the media and the left. This romanticized vision of the benefits of an ever-expanding government assuming command of everything — from ...
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Now or Never for Black Homeownership, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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Homeownership rates have declined in America since the start of the economic crisis in 2008. Nowhere has the homeownership decline been more acute than in the black community. In 2004, 49.1 percent of black households owned their own home. In ...
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Obama Won… Don’t Complain, by Bob Parks

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Obama's victory means four more years with no hope or change. When I think about what the future offers, it reminds me of the last thing I said during my closing remarks at a 2008 debate for state representative in ...
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The Brennan Center is Wrong: Voter Fraud is a Real Threat to Every Citizen's Constitutional Rights, by Horace Cooper

The Brennan Center is Wrong: Voter Fraud is a Real Threat to Every Citizen’s Constitutional Rights, by Horace Cooper

National Policy Analysis #642 /
The Brennan Center for Justice has been the go-to resource for many opponents of commonsense anti-voter fraud efforts such as voter ID. The essence of the Brennan Center's argument against voter ID is that that voter fraud isn't a real ...
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Legal Scholars Appointed to Lead Black Leadership Group

Legal Scholars Appointed to Lead Black Leadership Group

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As Important Public Policy Debates Shift to the Courts, Project 21 Selects Former Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel and a Former Law Professor as Co-Chairmen MSNBC Hosts Expected to Become Even More Unhinged Washington, D.C. - Two seasoned legal scholars, former ...
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Black Legal Scholars Comment on South Carolina Voter ID Ruling

Black Legal Scholars Comment on South Carolina Voter ID Ruling

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Voter Protection Upheld, But Obama Administration Stalling Keeps Fraud Prospects Alive for Upcoming Election Judges Find Photo ID Law Does Not Discriminate Against Minorities Washington, D.C. - A federal ruling against the Obama Administration's assault on vote fraud protections in ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Mulls Constitutionality of Race Quotas in Fisher v. University of Texas

U.S. Supreme Court Mulls Constitutionality of Race Quotas in Fisher v. University of Texas

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roject 21's John Meredith, Son of Civil Rights Icon James Meredith, Speaks Out Against Race Preferences, says His Father "Academically Earned His Place" at Ole Miss in 1962 Seeks End to "Any Practice That Would Force a School to Admit ...
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