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>> and let me go back to you, mr. ross. youre the one in the middle of doing these cases. this is what associate justice henry billings brown, this was his logic for separate versus equal back in the plessy decision. he said the most common instance of this separate being fine is connected with the establishment of separate schools for white and colored children which have been held to be a valid exercise of the legislative power, even for the courts of states where the political rights of the c...

Of their dead relatives in order cast extra votes for donald trump, in all of their cases probation or maybe a couple days in jail. for pamela moses trying to register to vote, while she was technically ineligible even though she had been advised otherwise, six years in prison. joining us now is john a nelson associate director of council of the naacp, legal defense and education fund, shell be taking over of al b. f next month, thank you for joining us tonight we really appreciate making time t...

In florida, there is a federal trial over floridas changes to voting laws because theyre focusing on restricting registration. we know the very well-known georgia law. what message does this send to litigators like yourself and those at ldf that are fighting these laws? it seems to me that even in a case like north carolina, where democrats win at the state level, at the state supreme court level, all the republicans have to do is try to advance it directly to the supreme court, and it looks lik...

While the results were largely along the expected lines, the Congress's Ripun Bora lost in Assam due to cross-voting by opposition MLAs.

PALA: There is unrest in the UDF, said Pala MLA Mani C Kappan. As there is no organisation in the front, anyone can say anything to anyone, he said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the SilverLine survey was a relief to the government, the inability to avoid protests against the stone laying poses a political challenge to the Left Front.

Officer in the state of georgia and of course delivered to the democrats the power over the senate. you have to put all of that in context. then what we saw as you point out in 2021 was a series of state election laws designed to make sure that that resilience and determination that minority voters showed in 2020 standing in line in fulton county for nine hours to vote in the primary, standing in line for seven hours in harris county, standing in line during a pandemic, during the height of the ...

>> so i will demand you rethink your plus/minus calculation. if you are fighting for real transformation and you are not fighting and this is something that, you know, we have to discipline ourselves to do. and i just said this to a couple of the lawyers on our team in the office. are we fighting to get back to 20 years ago? i mean i started this in 1988. so, what, what part of the last 50 years have existed when ldf has not had a full docket of cases? so this actually is the opportunity to deci...

Student of the real civil rights movement rather than just the mcdonalds commercial one because it shows you the kind of conflict that goes in to making something that is worth it. something that is noble. something that is true. something that is democratic and it aint fun all the time. i will say this though, we have a ball at ldf. i mean, just like you and i are laughing right now. i dont know if you have watched the beatless documentary are. >> its amazing for different reasons. they are fig...

Helpful to be a student of the real civil rights movement because it shows you the kind of conflict that goes into making something that is worth it, something that is noble, something that is true, something that is democratic. and it aint fun all the time. now, i will say this, though, we have a ball at ldf. just like you and i are laughing right now, like we do. >> youre a profoundly joyful person in my interactions with you. >> we have fun. >> im going to say something. ive been obsessed. i ...