Justice
January 20, 2012 -
When South Carolina residents go to the polls on Jan. 21 to choose a Republican presidential candidate, they won't have to show photo ID thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to block a state law that would have disproportionately disenfranchised minorities. But Gov. Nikki Haley plans to challenge the move.
January 19, 2012 -
The same week that a campaign launched to defeat an anti-gay marriage amendment in North Carolina, conservative benefactor Art Pope is slinking away from evidence that his family foundation has been a key funder of the groups pushing the constitutional change -- including a North Carolina
January 16, 2012 -
In the final months of his life, Dr. King launched a Poor People's Campaign for economic justice with a familiar strategy: Occupying the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
January 13, 2012 -
At the request of the state's attorney general, a judge in Mississippi this week blocked outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour's release of 21 prisoners over concerns that proper public notice was not given.
January 12, 2012 -
The Department of Justice has stepped up its involvement on voting rights in challenging voter ID laws. But the cases may push debate over the Voting Rights Act into a hostile Supreme Court.
January 10, 2012 -
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a Texas redistricting case that could have major implications for minority voters -- and for which party controls Congress after this year's elections.
January 10, 2012 -
From the presidential primary to state legislatures, politicians are stepping up anti-immigrant rhetoric -- at a time when immigration may be at its lowest rate in 60 years.
