01/14/2009
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"Yes, I think it is really just a delay and distract move as was indicated. It's not a particularly substantive appeal."
"My concern is that they`re going to be ideological. My hope is that they will follow precedent, follow the facts, apply the law in the neutral way that they should."
"The cornerstone of American civil rights law. I am deeply disappointed, deeply disappointed with the court`s decision."
"This is a classic Section 2 violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. The political power of African- Americans in Alabama was diluted, unconstitutional..."