By The Admin on April 29, 2009
On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to a core provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder. The Legal Defense Fund will present argument to the Court in defense of the law in a case that is widely regarded [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on April 29, 2009
The issue of reverse discrimination first reached the nation’s highest court in the 1970s, when a student with good grades named Allan Bakke accused a University of California medical school of twice denying him admission because he was white.
Strict racial quotas were unconstitutional, the court said — affirmative action was not. But that ruling far [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on April 29, 2009
First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday reflected on her own family’s rise from slavery to the White House as she helped to unveil a statue of abolitionist Sojourner Truth—the first black woman to be so honored at the Capitol.
“I hope that Sojourner Truth would be proud to see me, a descendant of slaves, serving as [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on April 29, 2009
Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
- What a wonderful day it is to be here in Emancipation Hall for this great occasion when Sojourner Truth takes her rightful place alongside the heroes who have helped to shape our nation’s history.
This is an achievement that did not come easily or quickly. It took years [...]
Posted in Featured, Federal Government
By The Admin on April 28, 2009
Dr. Ada M. Fisher
- In a February column I warned that contrary to what the President and economist say, the biggest immediate threat to our national security is our unpreparedness to deal with biological threats such as “Swine Flu”, toxic agents, terrorism, etc. If we really are serious about an economic stimulus plan that [...]
Posted in Health
