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POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT MANIPULATE VOTING RIGHTS
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THREE-JUDGE PANEL STRIKES DOWN VOTER PHOTO ID LAW IN TEXAS
| KellyCourt agrees with League of Women Voters and Department of Justice
Voter Photo ID is discriminatory
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PENNSYLVANIA COURT UPHOLDS VOTER ID LAW
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RECORD 3 MILLION COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF EPA’S CARBON POLLUTION STANDARD DEMONSTRATES AMERICANS’ SUPPORT FOR CURBING CLIMATE CHANGE
| Jessica JonesA broad coalition of groups supporting clean air announced the collection of 3 million public comments in support of national standards to limit dangerous industrial carbon pollution from new power plants.
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SENATE REFUSES TO DEBATE DISCLOSE ACT
| KellyVoters deserve to know origins of secret money in elections
Washington, DC (July 17, 2012) – Twice this week, the U.S. Senate refused to allow full debate on the DISCLOSE Act, which would require complete disclosure of spending on big-money advertising in candidate elections. Twice, the Senate failed to invoke cloture, the procedural motion that requires 60 votes before the Senate can even consider legislation.
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D.C. COURT HEARS LANDMARK TEXAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE
| KellyLeague Joins Case in Support of Voting Rights / Department of Justice
Washington D.C. - This week a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. is hearing arguments in a case brought by the State of Texas seeking to overturn a U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ) decision to deny pre-clearance of Texas’s photo voter ID law. The League of Women Voters of Texas (LWVTX) has joined the lawsuit in support of the US DOJ position.
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AFFORDABLE CARE ACT RULED CONSTITUTIONAL
| KellySupreme Court Decision Protects Health Care for Millions of Americans
Washington, DC – The following statement is by Elisabeth MacNamara, national President of the League of Women Voters:
“Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Florida v. HHS upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was surprising, but deeply important. This decision protects the health of millions of Americans.
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SUPREME COURT DECIDES PIVOTAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE
| KellyCourt Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Its Citizens United Decision
Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme Court in the case of American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, a case that dealt with a state law passed by Montana voters to end the corrupting influence of money in candidate elections. The League signed onto an amicus brief in support of the Montana law.
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MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING EPA PROTECTIONS AGAINST CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTED
| Jessica JonesThe League and a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard.
