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Justice Ginsburg dissents on Hobby Lobby, big time

July 3, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts Leave a comment

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued what has been described as a “scathing,” 35-page dissent to the Court’s ultra-conservative, June 30, 2014  ruling in

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Voting rights watch: Florida restarts its [previously squelched] voter purge

August 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Immigration, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The fallout continues. States that previously wouldn’t have dared to impose voting restrictions that disenfranchised minorities–and, of course, Democrats–are back in business. Florida is

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