Category: Legal Reform

Holder Urged to Act Quickly on House Request for Criminal Contempt Probe in IRS Case

Holder Urged to Act Quickly on House Request for Criminal Contempt Probe in IRS Case

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A guest post by Horace Cooper, attorney, legal commentator and Project 21 co-chairman: Today the House of Representatives voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress and to formally request that the DOJ begin a criminal probe of her ...
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Project 21’s Cooper Comments on Congressional Contempt Charge for Lois Lerner

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Lois Lerner, the former IRS manager considered to be a key player in the alleged targeting of conservative organizations, was charged with contempt of Congress for her unwillingness to assist congressional investigators.  Lerner asserted her innocence before a congressional hearing ...
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Black Conservative Schools Liberals About Supreme Court Race Case

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Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper engaged and easily beat arguments posed by Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and substitute host Joy Ann-Reid on the 4/22/14 edition of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” While Robinson and Reid fixated on the ideas that racism remains ...
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Joe Hicks of Project 21 Talks Supreme Court’s Schuette Decision on NBC

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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled by a 6-2 margin to allow a voter-passed constitutional amendment outlawing race preferences in state-administered matters such as school admissions and government hiring to stand, Project 21 member Joe Hicks discussed the meaning of ...
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Project 21 Members Discuss Supreme Court’s Race Ruling on American Urban Radio

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network discussed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action on American Urban Radio Network on 4/22/14. In the decision, the Court upheld a Michigan ...
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Video: Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban on Race Preferences; Video Explains the Issues Before the Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court today, in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, upheld the state of Michigan's decision, made by referendum in 2006, prohibiting preferential treatment in public employment, education and contracting based on "race, sex, ...
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Supreme Court on Path to Ending Race Preferences; Ruling in Schuette Case Paves Way for More Equal, Less Divided America

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Black Activists in Favor of Ending Quotas Available for Comments Washington, D.C. - Attorneys and activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are pleased about today's U.S. Supreme Court decision on race preferences, and hope the Court's latest ruling ...
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Federal Race-Raters Dealt Major Court Defeat; Black Conservatives Helped Challenge Government Agency's Race-Card Attack on Job Applicant Credit Checks

Federal Race-Raters Dealt Major Court Defeat; Black Conservatives Helped Challenge Government Agency’s Race-Card Attack on Job Applicant Credit Checks

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Hypocritical Federal Government Fought Company for Using the Same System Government Uses to Screen Hires Washington, D.C. - In a case in which the Project 21 black leadership network supported the defendant with a legal brief, an appeals court just ...
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Project 21’s Cooper Cheers Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling

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In today’s decision in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an aggregate limit on the amount of money a person may contribute to political candidates and committees is unconstitutional. Writing for the ...
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Ballot Protection Law in North Carolina Increases Minority, Liberal Voter Registration

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When states consider and implement voter ID laws, the usual complaint from the left is that requiring someone to have valid government-issued proof of identification disfranchises minorities, the old and young as well as those who are generally thought to ...
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