Department of Justice rejects Georgia’s citizenship checks for those registering to voteATLANTA — The Justice Department has rejected Georgia’s system of using Social Security numbers and driver’s license data to check whether prospective voters are citizens, a process that was a subject of a federal lawsuit in the weeks leading up to November’s election. Minn. Supreme Court ponders whether to extend or end state’s Senate raceST. PAUL, Minn. — An hourlong hearing before a feisty Minnesota Supreme Court put a new spark in the state’s U.S. Senate race Monday, but Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman ended the day stuck in familiar waiting mode. 10 Commandments judge’s Web site says he’s running for Ala. governor again in 2010 electionsMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s Ten Commandments judge is running for governor again. Release of suspects in Hariri killings could shift balance of power in LebanonBEIRUT — A general freed after nearly four years in jail in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Thursday his release by a U.N.-backed tribunal discredited Lebanon’s judiciary and could shift the country’s fragile political balance. Conservatives on high court skeptical of continuing need for key part of voting rights lawWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices led a sustained attack Wednesday on a key element of the Voting Rights Act, questioning whether one-time bastions of segregation still should be held to account for past discrimination. Justices weigh continuing need for key provision of voting rights law WednesdayWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices led a sustained attack Wednesday on a key element of the Voting Rights Act that calls for states with a history of discrimination to get advance approval of changes in the way elections are conducted. Texas case to be heard by justices Wednesday tests election provision of voting rights lawAUSTIN, Texas — The community of Canyon Creek was ranchland rich with limestone and cedar trees when Jim Crow held sway in the South. The first house wasn’t built until the late 1980s and not even a hint of discrimination attaches to this little slice in suburbia. Texas case to be heard by justices Wednesday tests election provision of voting rights lawAUSTIN, Texas — The community of Canyon Creek was ranchland rich with limestone and cedar trees when Jim Crow held sway in the South. The first house wasn’t built until the late 1980s and not even a hint of discrimination attaches to this little slice in suburbia. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Thomas tells how a bad fall kept him away from the courtWASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas’ vote was not seriously in doubt when the Supreme Court took up the constitutionality of a ban on an abortion procedure in 2006. But Thomas did not attend the arguments on the issue and, other than a brief announcement that he was sick, his absence has not been explained until now. Obituaries in the newsBen Ali WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Ali, the founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl diner, a landmark in Washington’s black business and entertainment district and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, has died. He was 82. |
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