Mission Accomplished?

FILE - In this March 7, 2014 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md. Special State District Judge Bert Richardson is expected ... FILE - In this March 7, 2014 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md. Special State District Judge Bert Richardson is expected to seat a grand jury Monday, April 14, 2014, in Austin, Texas, in an investigation into whether Republican Gov. Rick Perry abused his power by vetoing funding for public corruption prosecutors. The investigation began after Perry vetoed $7.5 million in funding last summer for a public integrity unit under Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) MORE LESS
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Since the Supreme Court nixed a key part of the Voting Rights Act last year, voting rights supporters have been worried that previously covered states would no longer have to go through the pre-clearance process when making changes to voting laws. But Texas may have saved the day. A federal judge’s ruling that the state’s Voter ID law not only had discriminatory effect but an “unconstitutional discriminatory purpose” might be enough to land Texas back in the Voting Rights Act penalty box.

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