It tells the stories of the cases leading up to the Brown decision, and the non-results afterwards.

In regards to officials like Governor George Wallace of Alabama and Orval Faubus of Arkansas, irons asks, "What good is the rule of constitutional law, if the very officials sworn to obey it refuse to do so?"

They stubbornly refuse to understand how this country is supposed to function.

and a Republican, said she and the rest of the supervisors are not going to do any purging because it's AGAINST THE LAW. Scott can say anything he wants, but when it comes to actual purging, he has nothing to do with it.

She was on Rachel Maddow tonight and takes her job very seriously.

He gets right to it - a purge this late is illegal according to NVRA.

His own state election officials won't go along with him. So much for Scott trying to play like it's Fl against the Obama Justice Dept.

Its a county wide elected office. Scott cant order them to do squat, nor can he fire them. All Scott can do is sue. If that happens, DOJ is likely to provide legal aid to the counties.

take Scott aside and school him on what happens when states presume to question and defy the rule of law as laid out by the United States Supreme Court and enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice. Does Scott really want his state government offices occupied by rifle-carrying troops of the 82nd and\or 101st Airborne? He's really asking for such an outcome, imo, with this states rights nonsense.

They have no fear of Holder or his Justice Department...

Scott is just being the bully he is and thumbing his nose at Obama. We shall see if anything happens.

That quote is quite thrilling. Eisenhower may not have been perfect, but he was decisive in his use of federal action in this instance. And it was not that popular when he did it...

for Medicare fraud

Isn't Prick Scott a Teabagger? And don't Teabaggers
have itchy trigger fingers? (Or is he too stupid to know
that he's playing with fire?) This may not end well.

immediately if not sooner.

and he'll be out of a job this time next year.

Seems like someone would bring this to his att:

Changes that have already taken place in Florida:

New voter ID laws.
Fines and huge barriers in place for registering voters so groups like the League of Women Voters are not registering voters in Florida this year.
The state, even though the voters voted on Amendments 5 and 6 which is for Fair Districts, waited until the last minute to submit new district maps making it nearly impossible for incumbents to be challenged.
Cut down on early voting days.

Not sure if people are paying attention but it has been really bad in Florida for awhile now and this election will be a serious battle.

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And got the fines for registering suspended. They are now training people to register voters.

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and speeches by George Soros at full volume

I think we can safely remove the "all but" part from this line.

It really doesn't matter what Scott or any of these Republican Governors do to the voting rolls,
Holder will DO NOTHING!

Yes, he sent a letter, yes he told Scott what he's doing is illegal, but in the end, the Justice Department under Holder's leadership(or not), will turn a blind eye and let them get away with it.

Then you wonder why Democrats have a hard time winning elections.

Why didn't Obama GET RID OF BUSH REPUBLICANS who work in the Justice Department?????
They're STILL working inside the Justice Department and who knows what damage they're still doing, four years after Bush has left office!

He could have prosecuted voter fraud in Ohio, during the last presidential election, but he DIDN'T!

Holder for four years has done NOTHING.

Didn't prosecute Bush, Cheney and the rest of their administration.
Never prosecuted Rove for the states attorney scandal(making the position political).

Hasn't prosecuted Goldman Sach's or any other criminals sitting on Wall Street, BECAUSE HOLDER WORKED FOR THEM.

Personally, between candidates from either party, who are working for the corporations and our Justice system who ignore crimes, American democracy seems to be slipping away for us regular Americans.

I hope I'm wrong and Holder does SOMETHING this time, but I'm not holding my breath.

The AG is being belittled & grilled in the house & Florida does not recognize his validity anymore than they respect Obama.

Of course they will defy the order..

Whatever the outcome, it will likely end up in court, to be settled after Romney is sworn in

Watch Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio & PA do the same

Seems to be kind of random. However, I do believe that only eligibile voters should be able to vote - otherwise, valid votes are diluted. I don't understand why DHS won't let Florida see the list, as that seems like it would be a valid source of info for removing truly ineligible voters.

I'm also curious as to whether or not the Voting Rights Act can be enforced across the entire state or only in the five counties currently covered.