‘You’ve Got African- Americans, You’ve Got Hispanics’ – Sotomayor Fires Back

By Lincoln Caplan, New York Times The Supreme Court almost never says why it refuses to take a case. On Monday, however, when the court denied a petition from the […]

By Richard L. Hasen, Reuters If the court strikes Section 5, the big question is: What comes next? A sketch of what may happen and what’s at stake. Click on picture to […]

By Richard Dunham, Houston Chronicle Click on picture to read story. [Photo Courtesy Supreme Court of U.S.]

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino Over the weekend, the following letter to Justice Kennedy regarding Fisher v. Texasmade its way to Washington, where I hope it is of some benefit. Justice Anthony […]

Thursday October 11, 2012 By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latina vote: Mothers a political force in this election (Voxxi): Take a scalpel and dissect the Latino vote and you find that […]

By Elizabeth Rose, Other Words The most conservative Supreme Court in history just upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional. This is a victory for American families. It means lower […]

Whether the U.S Supreme Court will uphold the Healthcare Reform Act or not is something I won’t bother to speculate. There are enough opinions and soothsayers out there to satisfy […]

By Rafael Anchia, Texas State Representative, District 103 On March 12, 2012 the Department of Justice (DOJ) stood up for Texas voters by refusing to pre-clear the strict photo ID […]

I started thinking recently about what our country would look like in the future if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) were to be declared unconstitutional. This is […]

By Christopher Rangel Georgia’s Latino population growth ranked the state tenth nationwide for the 2000-2010 decade, with a Latino population of about 854,000. The state also ranked sixth in the number of unauthorized immigrants […]