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That led to a wave of measures making it harder to vote. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Voting Rights , Politics

Simplified: Elimination of Section 5 led to wave of measures making it harder to vote

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2 months ago
The court effectively eliminated that part of the law — its Section 5 — in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder, by a 5 to 4 vote. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: Court eliminated Section 5 of the law in 2013 in Shelby County v Holder by 5 to 4 vote

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2 months ago
For nearly 50 years, the central provision of the law imposed federal supervision on states with a history of discrimination, requiring advance approval from the Justice Department or a federal court... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Voting Rights

Simplified: Central provision of law imposed federal supervision on states with history of discrimination for nearly 50 years

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2 months ago
It was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship, though race and political affiliations are often hard to untangle. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The Voting Rights Act was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship.

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2 months ago
At the federal level, though, what remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: What remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act at the federal level.

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2 months ago
“And right now it’s the other way around. The politicians are going into a room and picking their voters.” 0.900

👤 Pamela Karlan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: The politicians are going into a room and picking their voters right now Pamela Karlan said.

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2 months ago
“We tell ourselves this story that every two years, voters go into the voting booth and pick their member of the House of Representatives,” Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford and a former Just... 0.900

👤 Pamela Karlan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: Voters go into the voting booth and pick their member of the House of Representatives every two years Pamela Karlan said.

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2 months ago
France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s Office said it had opened a preliminary investigation of Mr. Lang and his daughter for “laundering of tax fraud proceeds.” 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s Office opened a preliminary investigation of Mr Lang and his daughter for laundering of tax fraud proceeds.

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2 months ago
Mr. Epstein jointly owned an offshore fund with Mr. Lang’s daughter, Caroline, that Ms. Lang said Mr. Epstein set up to support up-and-coming artists, according to a French investigative website, Medi... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: Mr Epstein jointly owned an offshore fund with Mr Lang’s daughter Caroline.

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2 months ago
Mr. Lang’s name came up more than 600 times in the documents, with emails chronicling lunches, dinners, and business deals, dating back to 2012, when Mr. Lang said he and Mr. Epstein were introduced b... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistical

Simplified: Mr Lang’s name came up more than 600 times in the documents.

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2 months ago
“Partisan gerrymandering claims,” he wrote, “present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.” 0.900

👤 Chief Justice Roberts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.

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2 months ago
Posting on social media, a defiant Mr. Lang said, “The accusations against me are unfounded, and I will prove this, despite the noise and fury of the media and digital courts.” 0.950

👤 Mr. Lang 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Mr Lang said the accusations against him are unfounded.

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2 months ago
The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame. 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
“These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process,” he said. 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
“And political actors in response are flexing the new power they have.” 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Political actors in response are flexing the new power they have Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court had betrayed its most fundamental commitment — to protect democracy. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The court had betrayed its most fundamental commitment to protect democracy Justice Elena Kagan said in dissent.

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2 months ago
“They promoted partisanship above respect for the popular will. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: They promoted partisanship above respect for the popular will Justice Elena Kagan wrote.

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2 months ago
They encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: They encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction Justice Elena Kagan wrote.

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2 months ago
“No mercy in Norway on corruption, and Norwegians in higher positions such as politicians and ambassadors are no exception,” Mr. Aas said. 0.950

👤 Kare R. Aas 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: There is no mercy in Norway on corruption.

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2 months ago
But in a telling statement reflecting his view of the judicial role in protecting voters, the chief justice wrote that federal courts were powerless to address this grave problem. 0.900

👤 Chief Justice Roberts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Federal courts were powerless to address this grave problem the chief justice wrote.

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2 months ago