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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Alabama Voter Rights Act violation ruling [US SC]
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Riley v. Kennedy, US Supreme Court, May 27, 2008 [holding that returning to a previous election law when a new one was struck down by the Supreme Court of Alabama was not a violation of the Voter Rights Act, which seeks to guard against racial discrimination, because there had been no change to the law in need of clearance by federal authorities]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.



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