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#HigherLearningPodcast's #VanLathamJr
on #IHIPNews
#VotingRightsActOf1965 #antiblackracism #racism #votersuppression
Rep #JustinPearson of #Tennessee #TN prevented from performing his duty to #vote on legislation
#ElectionsMatter #VotingRights
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrzZwvjQlgs&pp=ygUKaWhpcCBuZXdzIA%3D%3D
If you are a U.S. citizen who is racialised as 'white' and you think that the #racist stomping on the #VotingRightsActof1965 will only affect ppl racialised as 'black' , you're wrong.
The enforcement mechanism which ensures ALL #voters are heard, has been dismantled: 1. Fewer polling places in 'white' rural counties.
2. ID laws (most Americans incl 'white' ones) don't have passports
3. #EarlyVoting eliminated
4. #VoterSuppression of uni students and married women
The #USNaziParty's #antiblackracism & the gutting of the #VotingRightsActof1965
It's one marginalised group today and everyone, including YOU tomorrow!
And don't forget! The #UK copies what the USA does. Don't think Milkshake Frog Face isn't taking notes!
More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.
#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965
U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in case over La. congressional district
In Louisiana v. Callais, justices could set a standard for the degree to which race can be considered when drawing election maps.
A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.
#CivilRights #Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsActOf1965
The Spring Branch ISD board of trustees plans to appeal a recent ruling by a federal court judge that found the district is in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Voting #HoustonAreaSchools #SchoolBoardElections #SpringBranchISD #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #VotingRightsActOf1965
U.S. 5th Circuit rules for Galveston County in voting rights case, striking down decades of precedent
#CivilRights #Court #Galveston #Local #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Voting #Gerrymandering #PettewayVGalvestonCounty #US5thCircuitCourtOfAppeals #VotingRightsActOf1965