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Much can & should be said about the long & illustrious career of #JudgeDamonKeith who passed away this morning. But I am thinking right now abt the extraordinary dissent he wrote at age 93 from the 6th Circuit’s 2016 voter purge decision in Husted v A. Phillip Randolph Institute.
That dissent includes a moving & devastating account of those martyred in the fight for voting. The opinion includes photographs of those Judge Keith tells us we must remember. You can read his dissent in Husted here. politico.com/f/?id=00000157…
His words in the Husted dissent ring out today: “I will not forget. I cannot forget - indeed America cannot forget - the pain, the suffering, the sorrow, of those who died for equal protection and for this precious right to vote.” - Hon. Damon Keith
And more wise words from this seasoned jurist in the Husted case. #JudgeDamonKeith
Sadly, the SCOTUS ultimately upheld the Ohio voter purge scheme Judge Keith decried in Husted.
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