Mother Supreme Court case in just a second. And the president announced last night that american troops have been sent to build a new base there. Right now im joining by the nation magazine editor. Conservatives take aim at Voting Rights. Ryan haygood a member of the Litigation Team arguing shelby v. Holder before the Supreme Court this week. And bishop harry jones, a pastor at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church in colorado and in support of the Voting Rights act. In 1965, over a century of the emancipation proclamation, signed into law, people of color with their exercise of the right to vote. The heart of the voting ryes action is section five which subjects any voting changes in the south and some other covered jurisdictions with a history of Racial Discrimination to a process known as preclearance. Meaning these states must first clear any changes that affect the Justice Department or the federal court to make sure they dont have a racially biased fact. When the Supreme Court hears sh
Incumbent mayor of winstonsalem for the mayors job, James Lee Knox has just lost the support of his local Republican Party. The forsythe county Republican Party has announced that they no longer support James Lee Knox in his bid to become the next mayor of winstonsalem. This comes after mr. Knox admitted using with the local paper describes as several derogatory terms including the n word in a confrontation with a local elections worker last year. Mr. Knox acknowledged that he used the racial slur after the 2012 election. He said he was trying to find out the name of a black elections employee with whom he had exchanged words during early voting. During a conversation with another county worker, mr. Knox referred to the woman using several derogatory terms including the n word. Mr. Knox says he does not believe in using such words but that he, quote, got frustrated. Thats how he explains it. He got frustrated. You get frustrated and out pops the n word. She was black. You know, as you
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Good morning. Im Melissa Harrisperry. If i asked you what day is november 5th and you answered, duh, melissa, its tuesday, instead of, enthusiastically offering the alternate correct answer, its election day in america well, youre in good company. Because its election day 2013, an odd number, which makes this an off year election. And well, to be honest, we tend not to get too excited about off year elections if voter turnout is any indication. In fact, its not uncommon for voter turnout percentages in some off year state and local elections to be in the single digits. And thats among people who live in the jurisdictions that will be directly impacted by the outcomes of those elections. Given the level of disinterest among people who actually have to live with the consequences of off year elections, finding a reason to care about the electoral politics of a state where you dont live is probably asking a lot. But heres why you might want to start paying attention. Because you may not be
Challengers say that the law only provides that subsidy on the state exchanges, not the federal one. And now the Supreme Court has agreed to answer that question of which way it actually which way what the words of the statute mean. What does the law provide . Thats an interesting thing, pete, because were talking about the words used and if they can be ordered to be interpreted different from the way the law put forward meant it. Is it unusual for the Supreme Court to take a case where the law that put the side forward is telling the country what it intended but just the linguistics are in question . No, because the word of the law are ultimately what count. Everybody agrees on that. Youre right, the Obama Administration says when you read the law as a whole, its quite clear that the goal of the law was to provide this insurance subsidy for anybody. The opponents say, well, thats nice. That may have been the goal but the law itself, the black and white words are what govern and the wo