Voting Rights and the Supreme Court

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Produced by: 
KBOO
Program:: 
Old Mole Variety Hour
Air date: 
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 12:00am
Looking at the challenge to voting rights legislation in the Supreme Court

Justice Anthony Scalia has compared civil rights-era voting legislation to welfare entitlements, as if protecting the right to vote were a "government handout".  Well Read Red Frann Michel looks into the challenge to this legislation that has now reached the Supreme Court.

Topic tags: 
Legislation, African American

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  • Time
    12:00
    Artist
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