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Sep 25 2014
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Eric Holder will be remembered for his work on LGBT rights
Earlier this year, Jeffrey Toobin, the legal correspondent for The New Yorker, profiled Attorney General Eric Holder — and reported that Holder would step down this year. He was right. Today, news broke that Holder will leave the Department of Justice as soon as President Obama finds a replacement.
Toobin has described Holder as having "two tenures" as attorney general. In a phone
VoxNov 01 2020
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Trump Says He Won't Declare Early Victory, May Start Legal Battle Against Counting Late Ballots
On Sunday evening, President Donald Trump denied an Axios report saying he'd declare early victory on Election Day, but suggested he might pursue a lawsuit against counting ballots received after Nov. 3. The president went on to say he thought it was a "terrible thing" when states are permitted to tabulate ballots after the election, and that "as soon as that election's over, we're going in
Slate Axios Washington ExaminerJul 09 2013
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Gay couples to sue for the right to marry in Pennsylvania
Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled the U.S. government could not deny federal benefits to legally-married same sex couples, the American Civil Liberties Union will file a challenge to Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage in federal court. The ACLU is representing 23 plaintiffs –10 gay couples, two children of one of the couples, and the surviving widow of a same-sex couple
Washington PostMay 28 2019
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Texas Secretary Of State Resigns After Failed Effort To Purge Voter Rolls
David Whitley drew widespread criticism after he claimed nearly 100,000 noncitizens were on the voter rolls. It turned out many of those people were eligible to vote.
Embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley resigned on Monday after overseeing a botched effort to purge the state’s voter rolls of noncitizens, an effort voting rights advocates criticized as an attack on democracy
HuffPostMar 22 2019
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The Forgotten Minorities of Higher Education
What affirmative action means for low-income Asians
If you are driving east on Florin Road toward Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, you will pass under a pedestrian bridge that has a message permanently affixed to it: “If you dream it, you can do it.”
It’s the kind of message I have seen in neighborhoods where aspirations far surpass resources — and in that way it is
Washington PostJan 02 2024
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Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew Expected to Be Named as Epstein Associates
This week, hundreds of court documents related to the late sex offender Jeffery Epstein will be released to the public, and several prominent individuals, including former President Bill Clinton, are expected to be named.
Key Details: More than 150 names, including Prince Andrew, will be identified in previously sealed court filings.
For Context: A New York federal judge ordered
Fox News (Online News) ABC News (Online) NewsNationNov 04 2021
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Justice Department Sues Texas Over Voting Law
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that Texas’ controversial voting law violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Specifically, the Justice Department took issue with provisions that purportedly “deny eligible voters meaningful assistance in the voting booth and require rejection of mail ballot materials for immaterial errors or omissions
Reuters Fox News (Online News) NBC News (Online)Feb 14 2024
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Former Biden Family Business Associate Says Joe Biden Was 'The Family Business'
Former Biden family business associate Tony Bobulinski testified to the House Oversight Committee about Joe Biden's involvement in his family's business affairs in a closed-door hearing on Tuesday.
key Quotes: "The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period," Bobulinski said. "Joe Biden was more than a participant in and beneficiary of his family’s business; he was an enabler, despite
New Republic NewsNation New York Post (News)Jun 22 2022
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Texas Senator Sues Safety Department for Withholding Uvalde Shooting Records
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Texas' Department of Public Safety (DPS) after being denied access to records related to last month’s Uvalde elementary school shooting.
Gutierrez said he filed a request on May 31 to access reports detailing law enforcement's response as well as police bodycam footage and 911 audio. The lawsuit argues that
Austin American-Statesman Washington Examiner The HillMar 03 2022
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Sacklers Agree to $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With US States
The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma agreed Thursday to pay as much as $6 billion to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits from several states.
The agreement, which has yet to be approved by a bankruptcy judge, came after Purdue and several states traded appeals on a previous bankruptcy agreement involving a $4.5 billion payout. The new deal would not protect the Sacklers from
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