Category: Legal Reform

Black Conservatives Cheer New Voter Protections for North Carolina

Black Conservatives Cheer New Voter Protections for North Carolina

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ID Requirement a Constitutional Safeguard that Helps Prevent Vote Fraud Court Challenges and Threats from Obama Administration are Politically-Motivated, Voter Integrity Activists Say Washington, D.C. - Legal experts with the Project 21 black leadership network are applauding new voter protections ...
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Black Conservatives Join Supreme Court Brief to Put Aside Race Preferences in Michigan, Support Will of Michigan's Voters

Black Conservatives Join Supreme Court Brief to Put Aside Race Preferences in Michigan, Support Will of Michigan’s Voters

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Brief Argues Lower Court Allows Discrimination to Thrive Filing Comes Days After Supreme Court's Setback for Race Preferences in Fisher Decision Washington, D.C. - The Project 21 black leadership network has joined an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief ...
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Black Conservatives Discuss "Star Witness" Testimony, Motives as Zimmerman Trial Progresses

Black Conservatives Discuss “Star Witness” Testimony, Motives as Zimmerman Trial Progresses

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Washington, D.C. - In the trial of George Zimmerman, the so-called "star witness" for the prosecution, Rachel Jeantel, ended two days of testimony. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting. Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon Martin since ...
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Black Legal Expert Condemns Latest DOJ Attack on Texas Voter ID

Black Legal Expert Condemns Latest DOJ Attack on Texas Voter ID

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Eric Holder's Attempt to Revive Unconstitutional Preclearance Standards is Based on "Phony Claims," Says Author of 2012 Paper Critical of Weak DOJ Claims that Texas' Voter ID Law is Discriminatory Despite Supreme Court Ruling Last Month on Voting Rights Act's ...
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Black Activists Call for Calm at Planned Weekend Protests of Zimmerman Verdict

Black Activists Call for Calm at Planned Weekend Protests of Zimmerman Verdict

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Washington, D.C. - With members of the civil rights lobby organizing new nationwide protests this coming weekend to continue to voice opposition to last Saturday's not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case in Florida, members of the Project 21 ...
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Black Conservatives Analyze Aftermath of Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are analyzing the legal aspects of the George Zimmerman verdict and commenting on the implications: "While I'm thrilled with this outcome, it should never have come to this. This ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on Not Guilty Verdict in Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - George Zimmerman, who faced charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty tonight by a six-person jury of his peers in Sanford, Florida. Members of the Project ...
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Doubling Down on Dumb, by Horace Cooper

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Justice Department lawyers should not attempt to prosecute George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. They likely won't succeed, and would probably compound the awful precedent set by the state of Florida in pursuing this case over objections from ...
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Conservatives Asked to Reach Out to Zimmerman Trial Witness Rachel Jeantel and Others Like Her

Conservatives Asked to Reach Out to Zimmerman Trial Witness Rachel Jeantel and Others Like Her

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Washington, D.C. - While the George Zimmerman trial moved on to other witnesses, people are still talking about the dramatic cross-examination of the late Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Stacy Swimp, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network, ...
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Rachel Jeantel: Fish Out of Water, by Djana Milton

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Some legal commentators analyzing the George Zimmerman trial believe "star witness" Rachel Jeantel may have been more detrimental to the prosecution's case than a help. It is generally held that Jeantel's demeanor simmered of contempt, her language skills were less ...
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