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Debo Adegbile Gets Committee Approval for Civil Rights Post

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nomination of Debo Adegbile to run the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, despite objections from Republicans for his appellate work on behalf of a convicted killer.
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National Law Journal

Debo Adegbile Gets Committee Approval for Civil Rights Post

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the nomination of Debo Adegbile to run the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, despite objections from Republicans for his appellate work on behalf of a convicted killer.
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National Law Journal

Judge Skeptical of Injunction Blocking Delay of D.C. Attorney General Election

A District of Columbia Superior Court judge expressed skepticism today about an attempt to block the D.C. Council's decision last fall to delay the city's first election for an attorney general.
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New York Law Journal

Presidential and Legislative Efforts on Voting Reform

In their Government and Election Law column, Jerry H. Goldfeder of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Myrna Pérez of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law review a bill intended to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court's constitutional critique in 'Shelby County v. Holder' and the recommendations to improve our nation's voting experience released by the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
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New York Law Journal

Political Parties Can't Agree on One Primary Date

By | February 04, 2014
Republicans in the state Senate have filed a bill to move New York's primary day to late August, highlighting a lingering impasse with Assembly Democrats.
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Corporate Counsel

Federal Lobbying Spending Down for Third Year in a Row

Spending for federal lobbying was down for a third consecutive year, with business associations taking the biggest hit in 2013.
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National Law Journal

Federal Lobbying Spending Down for Third Year in a Row

Spending for federal lobbying was down for a third consecutive year, with business associations taking the biggest hit in 2013, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis released Wednesday.
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Daily Report Online

General Assembly Session Called Off

Today's session of the Georgia General Assembly has been called off because of icy weather and road conditions.
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New York Law Journal

Court Questions Plans to Create Minority Voting District

A federal judge in Albany has ordered a trial on an issue that continues to perplex the federal appellate courts: Are black and Hispanic voters politically cohesive?
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National Law Journal

Holder Questioned About Voting Rights, Surveillance Reform

Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today appeared on Capitol Hill for an oversight hearing for the first time in nearly a year, giving Senators a wide range of topics—including voting rights and surveillance reform—to discuss with the country's top prosecutor.
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