paft: Then what was that consent decree the Republicans signed about back in the '80s? g: It appears to be about having a court check whether an anti-fraud program violates the law or not, since it's a disputed issue.
Uh, no, the court determined that the Republicans had been engaging in deliberate suppression of the minority vote, which is why they ended up having to sign a 1982 Consent Decree promising not to do it again. This promise was routinely broken very soon afterwards, resulting in some successful slander cases in 1986 from Texas voters who'd been unfairly accused of being convicted felons, and a Louisiana lawsuit the same year in which a judge observed, "the only reasonable conclusion is that they [the Republican Party] initiated this purge with the specific intent of disenfranchising these blacks of their right to vote."
Paft: And why did the State of Florida settle out of court in that lawsuit brought by all those Floridians who were barred from voting in 2000? g: Which lawsuit are you referring to?
State of Florida VS NAACP, settled out of court in 2002.
Can you cite me the court cases resulting from the links you've posted, and the conclusions?
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g: It appears to be about having a court check whether an anti-fraud program violates the law or not, since it's a disputed issue.
Uh, no, the court determined that the Republicans had been engaging in deliberate suppression of the minority vote, which is why they ended up having to sign a 1982 Consent Decree promising not to do it again. This promise was routinely broken very soon afterwards, resulting in some successful slander cases in 1986 from Texas voters who'd been unfairly accused of being convicted felons, and a Louisiana lawsuit the same year in which a judge observed, "the only reasonable conclusion is that they [the Republican Party] initiated this purge with the specific intent of disenfranchising these blacks of their right to vote."
Paft: And why did the State of Florida settle out of court in that lawsuit brought by all those Floridians who were barred from voting in 2000?
g: Which lawsuit are you referring to?
State of Florida VS NAACP, settled out of court in 2002.
Can you cite me the court cases resulting from the links you've posted, and the conclusions?