Category: Legal Reform

Project 21’s Letter to Obama Cited in Washington Times Editorial

Project 21’s Letter to Obama Cited in Washington Times Editorial

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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie sent a second letter to President Barack Obama asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor to quickly and impartially investigate allegations of political interference in the Justice Department’s voting rights case against member of ...
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Black Activists Compare Obama's Arizona Lawsuit to Nixon's "Southern Strategy"

Black Activists Compare Obama’s Arizona Lawsuit to Nixon’s “Southern Strategy”

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Washington, D.C. — Lawyers for the Obama Administration recently filed a lawsuit to prohibit the enforcement of Arizona's new immigration law. In its filing, the federal government says it is currently targeting "dangerous aliens" and that Arizona's attempt to enforce ...
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Black Activists Comment on Kagan Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court

Black Activists Comment on Kagan Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court

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Washington, DC - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about President Barack Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mychal Massie: "After all of the division he has foisted upon ...
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Black Conservatives: Olbermann Dead Wrong on Free Speech-Dred Scott Comparison

Black Conservatives: Olbermann Dead Wrong on Free Speech-Dred Scott Comparison

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Washington, DC: As they did with Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL), members of the Project 21 black leadership network are taking MSNBC talking head Keith Olbermann to task for his wrong-headed and offensive behavior in equating the free speech victory in ...
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Black Conservatives Condemn Grayson Remarks Comparing Protection of Free Speech to Racist Dred Scott Decision

Black Conservatives Condemn Grayson Remarks Comparing Protection of Free Speech to Racist Dred Scott Decision

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Washington, DC - Members of the Project 21 black leadership group are condemning remarks today by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) comparing today's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to the Dred Scott case. The decision in ...
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Black Activists Praise Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision; Justices' Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question

Black Activists Praise Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision; Justices’ Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question

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Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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Black Leader Criticizes Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Compromise

Black Leader Criticizes Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Compromise

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Justices Note “Serious Constitutional Concerns,” Yet Do Nothing to Fix Problem Washington, D.C. - A failure by the U.S. Supreme Court to act decisively to fix an inherent problem within the Voting Rights Act is drawing the condemnation of the ...
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Black Activists Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Invalidate Outdated Section of Voting Rights Act

Black Activists Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Invalidate Outdated Section of Voting Rights Act

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Washington, DC - As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in the voting rights case Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, the Project 21 black leadership network is joining with other organizations to ask that this ...
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Supreme Court Endorsement of Photo ID Election Rule Hailed by Black Activists

Supreme Court Endorsement of Photo ID Election Rule Hailed by Black Activists

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Project 21 and the Center for Equal Opportunity Had Presented an Amici Curiae in Case Washington, D.C. - Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Indiana's photo identification election law is hailed by black activists from the Project 21 leadership network ...
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Bush Criticized for Pardoning Drug Offenders, Embezzler While Leaving Border Patrol Agents Behind Bars

Bush Criticized for Pardoning Drug Offenders, Embezzler While Leaving Border Patrol Agents Behind Bars

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Washington, D.C. - The chairman of the Project 21 leadership network is condemning President George W. Bush's March 25 issuance of a new set of presidential pardons that includes forgiveness for drug smugglers, an embezzler and others but not for ...
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