[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Don't forget-Portugal Award lecture Friday AFTERNOON!

[John Fremont]

Right up Occupy's alley.


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*CR presents Portugal Award lecture by Ryan Emenaker
* ?/The Voting Rights Act is Dead: Can Voting Rights be Resurrected?/?

College of the Redwoods Political Science Professor Ryan Emenaker will 
present his Portugal Award lecture ?/The Voting Rights Act is Dead: Can 
Voting Rights be Resurrected?/? at the CR Mendocino campus THIS Friday, 
Feb. 28 at 2:00 p.m. in room 112.

For nearly 50 years the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was viewed as the crown 
jewel of civil rights legislation. During that time, the Supreme Court 
upheld the constitutionality of the Act four times. In a dramatic 
reversal of this history, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision 
of the VRA in the summer of 2013. In an interactive and visually 
stunning presentation, Professor Emenaker will narrate the history of 
VRA and predict the future struggles for voting rights.

Professor Emenaker regularly comments in the press on state and local 
politics, he has made guest appearances on NBC affiliates as a political 
analyst, and he has been a political commentator on local radio. Last 
summer he attended numerous sessions of the Supreme Court while serving 
as the Supreme Court analyst for several NBC affiliates. SCOTUSblog, the 
premier news and research site on the Supreme Court, recently featured 
his research on Court-Congress relations and also published his 
article on why the Supreme Court should uphold the Voting Rights Act.  
He has upcoming articles appearing in the Journal of Legal Metrics and 
the Journal of Political Science Education.

The College of the Redwoods Foundation Board established the Dr. Eugene 
Portugal Award in 1993 to honor an outstanding faculty member and to 
exhibit the academic and professional contributions of the CR faculty to 
the college and the community. Named after the college?s first 
president, this award allows the campus community to share expertise and 
knowledge, provides staff development opportunities for faculty, 
increases the community?s awareness of the college, and provides a 
showcase for excellence both on and off campus.





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