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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Voting Rights Act of 1965 still has teeth, relevance
Next month the Supreme Court will consider a controversy over congressional redistricting in Texas that will highlight the importance of a crucial part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which requires states and localities with a history of voting discrimination to "pre-clear" changes in their election practices with the Justice Department or a federal court. In 2009 the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of Section 5, but it could return to the issue. If the court is in any doubt about the continued need for it, members should read a recent speech by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Don’t make heating problem worse
Just as cold weather struck the Northeast, the White House and Congress put people in danger by cutting low-income heating assistance.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Discrimination in voting todaystill makes 1965 act necessary
Next month the Supreme Court will consider a controversy over congressional redistricting in Texas that will highlight the importance of a crucial part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which requires states and localities with a history of voting discrimination to "pre-clear" changes in their election practices with the Justice Department or a federal court. In 2009 the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of Section 5, but it could return to the issue. If the court is in any doubt about the continued need for it, members should read a recent speech by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
State in dangerof making heating problem worse
Just as cold weather struck the Northeast, the White House and Congress put people in danger by cutting low-income heating assistance.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011
OUR OPINION: Pot dispensary a pharmacy, not a social lounge
On two occasions, Maine voters have authorized medical marijuana for people with serious illnesses. This was not a vote to legalize recreational marijuana use, but an attempt to treat the herb as much like a medicine as possible.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011
OUR OPINION: Balance the key issue in managing North Woods
Maine's North Woods are a state treasure, a vast stretch of undeveloped land big enough to support wildlife habitat and the forest products industry, a leading source of jobs and wealth for the state.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Canadian health care system not efficient
The number of doctors -- there are nearly 70,000 -- and their salaries are both at all-time highs. More Canadians have a family doctor than in years past, proof that progress has been made. But access to them is among the worst in the world. How can that be?
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Imperfect departure from a war we didn’t need
After almost nine years, the war in Iraq is officially over, at least for American troops.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Supply of presidential coins far exceeds demand
Businesses understand that generating more of a product than customers want is a money-losing proposition.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2011
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New York Sun in 1897 and remains appropriate for this holiday season 114 years later.
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