Showing posts with label Sen. Chuck Grassley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sen. Chuck Grassley. Show all posts

June 26, 2013

Top Senate Republican Hints Voting Rights Act May Be Held Hostage In Exchange For Voter Suppression

Top Senate Republican Hints Voting Rights Act May Be Held Hostage In Exchange For Voter Suppression: Tuesday’s decision neutering a key prong of the Voting Rights Act leaves supporters of voting rights in a difficult position. If they do nothing, voter suppression laws can go into effect, and may not be struck down by the courts until after they have succeeded in disenfranchising many voters. Yet the Roberts Court’s decision to [...]/p

April 10, 2013

Grassley Proposes Eliminating 3 Seats On Powerful Court To Keep Obama From Filling Them

Grassley Proposes Eliminating 3 Seats On Powerful Court To Keep Obama From Filling Them: As ThinkProgress has previously explained, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the second most powerful court in the country. It’s also a bastion of right-wing jurisprudence thanks in no small part to Senate Republican filibusters. Two George W. Bush appointees on this court recently struck down clean air [...]/p