The Department of Justice blocked a new Texas Voter ID law put in place to alleviate voter fraud. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was enacted as temporary legislation for certain states.  On March 12, 2012, acting under Section 5 of that Act, the U.S.   The DOJ claimed the law would disenfranchise minority voters –…

Representative Dianne Black (R-TN-6) introduced H.R. 3842 to prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified state laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. Introduced on January 31st 2012, the bill has over 40 co-sponsors. The bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee chaired by Lamar Smith, who is not a…