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Integration now: the Supreme Court should scrap an antiquated and unconstitutional rule.
IN the summer of 2006, with hardly a dissenting vote, Congress extended and strengthened the most radical provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act for a quarter century. That provision--Section 5--was originally supposed to expire in 1970. In 1965, it was considered too constitutionally doubtful to be given a longer life. Forty-four years later, it is still going strong, having been repeatedly extended.
The ink was barely dry on the 2006 amendments when a tiny Texas utility district challenged their constitutionality. Section 5, the district argued in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder ("NAMUDNO"), "strikes at the heart of federalism, ...
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to the Constitutionality of Section 5 of...
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter January 27, 2009 700+ words
...Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 v. Mukasey (08-322...to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the recently reauthorized...Congress should have allowed Section 5 to expire in 2006 or, in...provision is unconstitutional." Section 5 of the VRA forbids all of...
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to the Constitutionality of Section 5 of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 9, 2009 700+ words
...Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 v. Mukasey (08-322...to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the recently reauthorized...Congress should have allowed Section 5 to expire in 2006 or, in...provision is unconstitutional." Section 5 of the VRA forbids all of...
- Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Goes to U.S. Supreme...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 5, 2009 700+ words
...lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is scheduled...during the 2006 VRA hearings, arguing that Section 5 should be allowed to expire. He has...author of The Unintended Consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (AEI Press...
- EBMUD issues 'freezing-pipe' warning. (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 21, 1990 700+ words
...Eastbay Municipal Utility District issued a "freezing...the Montclair section of Oakland...the cold, the utility district said. Exposed...on the frozen sections of pipe. Welding...Eastbay Municipal Utility District, 415-287...
- Alliance Data Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Sacramento Municipal Utility...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 2, 2006 700+ words
...Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Under terms...Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) As the sixth...within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities...1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities...
- Texas water utility district to seek Chapter 9, may refund debt. (Big Oaks,...
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Racine, John August 17, 1992 700+ words
DALLAS - The Big Oaks, Tex., Municipal Utility District plans to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection so it...state approval to file for bankruptcy. Chapter 9 is the section of federal bankruptcy law under which municipalities may...
- Fitch Rates Sacramento Municipal Utility District (CA) $200MM CP Notes, Series...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 23, 2007 700+ words
...000,000 Sacramento Municipal Utility District Commercial Paper Notes, Series...improvements for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Fitch's rating definitions...available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
- Fitch Affirms Cowlitz, Washington Public Utility District Revs at 'A-'.
- Newspaper article from: Energy Weekly News November 20, 2009 700+ words
...affirmed at 'A-' the Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County, Washington...FROM THE 'CODE OF CONDUCT' SECTION OF THIS SITE. Keywords: Fitch...Investment, Oil & Gas, Public Utility District, Wind Power. This article was...
