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August 7, 2007

Black Caucus Says Judge Southwick ‘Unfit to Serve’

Cybercast News Services, 8/6/7 The Congressional Black Caucus, a coalition of African-American congressmen in the House of Representatives, denounced the Senate Judiciary Committee’s decision to move Judge Leslie Southwick’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote. Conservative activists, however, are urging like-minded Americans to press the Senate for a quick vote.
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 7, 2007

5th Circuit may review ruling on voter IDs

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/7/7 A federal judge’s order that Mississippi voters show identification in future elections, as well as his ruling that the state’s open-primary system is unconstitutional, may get a second look by a higher court. The Democratic Party, the NAACP and Attorney General Jim Hood are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…