The provision of the Voting Rights Act that states which jurisdictions must get federal permission for changes to their voting standards was struck down on Tuesday by a divided Supreme Court. The overall law remains in tact, but will require Congressional action for pre-clearance to happen.
In conflicting statements on Monday, Herman Cain had a difficult time defining what he knew — and when he knew it — about allegations of sexual harassment made against him while he was a lobbyist.
Twenty years ago, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation seemed controversial but likely, until a young law professor named Anita Hill changed him with sexual harassment. The Hill-Thomas hearings riveted the nation.
As the president prepares to speak at an RV manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Indiana, The Takeaway talks to RV enthusiasts Ginni Thomas who heads out on the open highways every summer with her husband, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.