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Posted: Mon 14:29, 22 Jul 2013 Post subject: implement policies |
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that directly undercuts the argument that conservatives have made about the federal law. The Congressional Record, they tell the justices "contains extensive statistical evidence and first-hand accounts demonstrating that the predicates for Section 5 preclearance continue to exist..." The lawyers continue:Voting rights litigation under Section 2, as many ABA members know from front line experience, is extremely complex and costly. During the several years it regularly takes to litigate a Section 2 case, officials who were elected under an improper election regime continue to hold office,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], implement policies, and make a wide variety of decisions that remain in effect, often long after the election process that brought them to power is found to be discriminatory.Moreover,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], success in eliminating one discriminatory practice is often followed by the adoption of a new discriminatory practice that must be fought all over again. These effects are real and profound for representative democracy--and they cannot
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