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jasmeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-12-07 03:06 PM
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First voter discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of whites under *
Another first for the * admin!
I'm glad someone's voting rights are being protected. :sarcasm:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002995.php

snip "Christian Adams and Joshua Rogers, both lawyers in the voting section. As I detailed last week, the section, which is charged with protecting minority voters from discrimination, has filed only two cases on behalf of African American voters during the Bush administration (and one of those cases they inherited from the Clinton administration).

But the section has, remarkably, pursued the first case to allege discrimination against white voters ever filed under the Voting Rights Act.

That case is United States v. Ike Brown and Noxubee County. It's a case essentially against the Noxubee County Democratic Party -- it's one of the named defendants in the complaint. And Ike Brown is chairman of the county Democratic committee. The complaint alleges that Brown has been trying to limit whites' participation in local elections.

And who are the two lawyers in the section handling the case? Christian Adams and Joshua Rogers."
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