I thank God for the Federal Government and the stand that has been taken over the years to protect the rights of people in States.
The 10th Amendment argument has been used consistently by some States who deny rights.
I love my State but Texas has been a bad actor for decades.
If we want to believe in one person, one vote, government of and by and for the people, then we must guard, protect, hold, and fight for vot...
The whole notion that Latinos somehow are illegal by virtue of the titles that are being accorded them by public officials.
I'm a son of the segregated South. I know what it's like to be suspect because of your appearance.
It's also things like SB4 that are contributing to this environment of fear and suppression that is just poisonous for our democracy.
This type of behavior from public officials has to have an impact on the way people participate in a participatory democracy.
It's not just that on birth certificates. Another example, we put people on buses in Houston...
The tax to buy your birth certificate is something that I think is onerous to the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.
A veteran of the armed forces in the Korean War was--was excluded from voting because of some mistake made at his birth in paperwork.