by Stanley Augustin | Aug 1, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s assertion that shoppers need to show photo ID to buy groceries,...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 28, 2018 | Newsclips
(CNN)Texas will be allowed to enforce its voter ID law in the upcoming elections, a federal appeals court has ruled. In the 2-1 decision, a panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked the law last year...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 27, 2018 | Newsclips
By Paul J. Weber AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ voter ID law that was twice blocked over findings of discrimination can stay in effect for the 2018 elections, a U.S. appeals court ruled Friday. It was the second major ruling over voting rights in the U.S. this week after...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 27, 2018 | Newsclips
HOUSTON — A federal appeals court upheld Texas’ voter identification law on Friday, saying that it does not discriminate against black and Hispanic voters. The decision by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans,...
