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The Voting Rights Act: A Resource Page

The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting. See all of the Center's recent resources on the VRA and ideas on how to move forward after the Court's decision.

October 1, 2013

Voting Rights & Elections

Restricting the Vote

Exposing Ashcroft's Ethnic Dragnet: U.S. Treatment of Middle Eastern Residents Mirrors the Fate of Those with Japanese Heritage
Jessie Allen

Los Angeles Daily Journal
December 18, 2001

Exposing Ashcroft’s Ethnic Dragnet: U.S. Treatment of Middle Eastern Residents Mirrors the Fate of Those with Japanese Heritage
By Jessie Allen

The Justice Department says there is legal precedent for the President George Bush s order of secret military tribunals for non-citizens suspected of terrorism. Indeed there is. But the most relevant case may be one the government is ashamed to mention.
December 18, 2001
Liberty & National Security
Checks & Balances
It Didn't Start With Earl Warren

History News Network

October 29, 2001

It Didn’t Start With Earl Warren

By Mark Kozlowski
October 29, 2001
Fair Courts
Second-Guessing the Supreme Court

Legal Times

October 8, 2001

Second-Guessing the Supreme Court

By Mark Kozlowski

“What ’Brown v. Board of Education’ Should Have Said”

Edited with an introduction by Jack M. Balkin

NYU Press; 257 pages; $29.95
October 8, 2001
Fair Courts
Learning to Count: Why We Need Federal Election Standards

The electoral circus in Florida shined a klieg light on the need to overhaul our elections across the nation.

September 10, 2001
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Elections
Equal Justice for Immigrants
E. Joshua Rosenkranz

When President Bush sits down with Mexican President Vicente Fox at the White House on Wednesday, the U.S. president will have an opportunity to shed light on the most persistently debated question of his presidency: just how compassionate is George W. Bush’s brand of conservatism? At the top of the agenda for this meeting is the formulation of U.S. policy toward more than 3 million documented and undocumented Mexicans living in this country. The leaders will discuss permanent legal status for Mexican immigrants and stronger protections for migrant workers. At stake is a better life for Mexican immigrants and their families.

September 4, 2001
Closing the Justice Gap
Letter from Scholars in Support of McCain-Feingold and Shays-Meehan Bills

Letter from scholars written to Representatives Shays and Meehan, concluding that the elimination of soft money would not decrease the ability of political parties to carry out their crucial democratic functions, arguing instead there is substantial reaso

July 9, 2001
Money in Politics
Nebraska Should Stand Up for Integrity

Lincoln Journal Star

July 3, 2001

Nebraska Should Stand Up for Integrity

By Deborah Goldberg
July 3, 2001
Fair Courts
FACT SHEET | The Restriction Barring LSC-Funded Programs from Freely Using their Non-LSC Money

LSC Restrictions Fact sheets

LSC RESTRICTION FACT SHEET #5:

The Restriction Barring LSC-Funded Programs from Participating in Restricted Activities Even If These Activities Are Wholly Funded by Non-LSC Sources

June 20, 2001
Closing the Justice Gap
Brennan Center for Justice, Tesitmony before a Joint Hearing of the New York State Assembly Committees on the Judiciary and on Codes, and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on New Americans

Testimonyof Craig L. Siegel on Access to Free and Effective Civil Legal Services for Low-Income Immigrants in New York State

June 14, 2001
Closing the Justice Gap
Bush Has No Mandate to Remake the Courts: Right-Wing Appointments Won't Fly

TomPaine.com

May 14, 2001

BUSH HAS NO MANDATE TO REMAKE THE COURTS: Right-Wing Appointments Won’t Fly

By Mark Kozlowski
May 14, 2001
Fair Courts
Justice for All

Brennan Center for Justice

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The Voting Rights Act: A Resource Page

Exposing Ashcroft's Ethnic Dragnet: U.S. Treatment of Middle Eastern Residents Mirrors the Fate of Those with Japanese Heritage

It Didn't Start With Earl Warren

Second-Guessing the Supreme Court

Learning to Count: Why We Need Federal Election Standards

Equal Justice for Immigrants

Letter from Scholars in Support of McCain-Feingold and Shays-Meehan Bills

Nebraska Should Stand Up for Integrity

FACT SHEET | The Restriction Barring LSC-Funded Programs from Freely Using their Non-LSC Money

Brennan Center for Justice, Tesitmony before a Joint Hearing of the New York State Assembly Committees on the Judiciary and on Codes, and the Assembly Legislative Task Force on New Americans

Bush Has No Mandate to Remake the Courts: Right-Wing Appointments Won't Fly

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