The 2020 @realdonaldtrump "No Apologies" Tour continues:
In his last act as Attorney General, Jeff Sessions changed DOJ policy to make it effectively impossible for the federal government to monitor local police departments accused of systematic violations of the civil rights
In his last act as Attorney General, Jeff Sessions changed DOJ policy to make it effectively impossible for the federal government to monitor local police departments accused of systematic violations of the civil rights
of black Americans. See NYTimes, (11/08/2018) “Sessions, in Last-Minute Act, Sharply Limits Use of Consent Decrees to Curb Police Abuses.” Under Sessions’ policy, the imposition of a consent decree requires approval from Trump’s political appointees (unlikely). Moreover, consent
decrees are limited to cases where there is evidence of illegal conduct in addition to unconstitutional practices by the police!
While there is no direct connection between Trump’s ban on consent decrees and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the message from Trump to
While there is no direct connection between Trump’s ban on consent decrees and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the message from Trump to
recidivist police departments was clear: “Do what you want, and we will look the other way.” The unjustified killing of George Floyd is the bitter fruit of Trump’s decision to legitimize discrimination against black Americans by employing the fiction that racism “no longer exists
” or “is in the past.”
The Supreme Court employed the same fiction in its shameful 2013 decision that freed nine Southern states from federal supervision of changes to their voting laws. Those states had long histories of crafting laws to deprive black citizens of their right to
The Supreme Court employed the same fiction in its shameful 2013 decision that freed nine Southern states from federal supervision of changes to their voting laws. Those states had long histories of crafting laws to deprive black citizens of their right to
vote. In freeing the offending states from federal oversight, Chief Justice Roberts wrote
Our country has changed. While any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions.
Our country has changed. While any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions.
The fiction invoked by Justice Roberts is patently false. As soon as Southern states were free to change laws without federal oversight, they closed polling booths in city centers and relocated them to deserted highways; they refused to allow student I.D. as proof of .
residence while recognizing gun licenses for the same purpose; they purged their voting rolls of citizens who did not respond to letters or who failed to vote in recent elections; they refused to register released felons until they paid fines. Earlier this week, Bill Barr’s
Department of Justice supported Alabama’s requirement that an application for an absentee ballot be signed by a witness. See Montgomery Advertiser, “DOJ: Witness requirement on Alabama absentee ballots not Voting Rights violation.” (DOJ argued that “state law requiring the
signature of witnesses to an absentee ballot does not violate the [Voting Rights Act] ban on obstacles to voting.”) @jimcramer @tomkeene @cnbcfastmoney @andrewrsorkin @SquawkCNBC @ScottWapnerCNBC @riskreversal @threadreaderapp unroll
