03/19/2008
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"Eight years ago tomorrow in the Shelby County decision, a very divided Supreme Court gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
"they made a priority the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act."
"I think we certainly have to respond to the findings of the Shelby County decision, holding hearings like this, creating a record that shows the impact of the Shelby decision--1,700 polling place clos..."
"A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority voters when it is measured against preexisting State law."