By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The Supreme Court this week will take up a potentially landmark case that could end almost five decades of Justice Department intervention that gives the federal government control over voting decisions in states and localities with a history of discrimination.
Pawing through the ashes of Mitt Romney defeat, it's clear that if the Republican Party wants to compete nationally, it has to do several things, such as re-message timeless traditional values, attract more young and minority voters -- particularly Hispanics -- and do a better job of getting out the vote.
As more states put in place strict voter ID rules, an AP review of temporary ballots from Indiana and Georgia, which first adopted the most stringent standards, found that more than 1,200 such votes were tossed during the 2008 general election.
Voters in Maine, Mississippi and Washington will decide election-reform questions this November, joining a wave of 36 states that in 2011 moved to increase identification requirements, limit the early-voting period, or toughen up registration rules.
The wide-ranging extent of concern about our prison at Guantanamo Bay's effect on the credibility in the world of the values we profess was demonstrated at June 26 rally in Washington, where, as reported by the Associated Baptist Press, "Thousands of Christians and other activists" protested against 'torture, indefinite imprisonment and other tactics the United States has used in the war against terrorism.' "
The wide-ranging extent of concern about our prison at Guantanamo Bay's effect on the credibility in the world of the values we profess was demonstrated at June 26 rally in Washington, where, as reported by the Associated Baptist Press, "Thousands of Christians and other activists" protested against 'torture, indefinite imprisonment and other tactics the United States has used in the war against terrorism.' "
