Arizona PBS
July 1, 2021
The Supreme Court upheld two Arizona election laws that critics said made it harder for minority voters to cast a ballot, in violation of the Voting Rights A Act. But the court ruled 6-3 that the rules did not target any group and were no more burdensome than any voting requirement. (File photo by Nathan O’Neal/Cronkite News)
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Thursday rejected claims that Arizona’s ballot-harvesting and out-of-precinct election rules discriminate against minority voters, a ruling that one critic said “takes a sledgehammer” to equal voting protections.
The 6-3 ruling said that while the state laws may result in some voters’ ballots being rejected, they do not “exceed the usual burdens of voting” and do not affect one group of voters more than any other.
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Immigrant/refugee rights: It’s now or never, Joe
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By Teresa Gutierrez posted on February 3, 2021
Since the beginning of the most recent war on immigrants which took shape starting in 2006 with the hypercriminalization of undocumented workers the U.S. Congress has repeatedly talked of passing legislation labeled “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” to right some of those wrongs.
We are long past “reforms,” however.
Conditions during the past 15 years for documented, undocumented and refugee workers, not only in the U.S. but around the globe, have been dismal which is an understatement. The time is
now to bring workers out of the shadows, out of the detention centers and out of the countless deplorable migrant tent cities around the world and grant workers
Immigrant/refugee rights: It’s now or never, Joe
This article features our client Dawn Wooten and was originally published here.
Since the beginning of the most recent war on immigrants which took shape starting in 2006 with the hypercriminalization of undocumented workers the U.S. Congress has repeatedly talked of passing legislation labeled “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” to right some of those wrongs.
We are long past “reforms,” however.
Conditions during the past 15 years for documented, undocumented and refugee workers, not only in the U.S. but around the globe, have been dismal which is an understatement. The time is
now to bring workers out of the shadows, out of the detention centers and out of the countless deplorable migrant tent cities around the world and grant workers