Texas redistricting plan staff memo [US DOJ] News
Texas redistricting plan staff memo [US DOJ]

Voting Rights Act Section 5 Recommendation Memorandum, US Department of Justice staff, December 12, 2003, disclosed December 2, 2005 [opposing a controversial 2003 Texas redistricting plan as violative of the Voting Rights Act and concluding that Texas "has not met its burden in showing that the proposed congressional redistricting plan does not have a discriminatory effect"; the recommendation was later overruled by senior DOJ officials who approved the plan]. Read the full text of the memorandum [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.