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From July 2001, British immigration officers would “pre-clear” travellers either granting or refusing them leave to enter the UK.
Racism on the bigger canvas O'Neill 2009
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Not with any civil rights concerns – since he had to pre-clear that Lindh did not have any 9/11 links – but in another ass-kissing episode to placate a boss.
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Holder defended Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, which requires 16 states, including Texas, with a history of discrimination to pre-clear any voting procedure changes with the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.
Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011
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Last week, officials suddenly announced that the department would pre-clear Georgia's law.
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Had they pursued their case against a Georgia voting law and lost, it could have threatened a key section of the Voting Rights Act that gives the feds power to "pre-clear" changes in election laws by the states.
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