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Voting Rights Act 1965 Class
Sunday, June 7th at 11:00 am
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the crown jewels in the civil rights era that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the VRA in the South Carolina v. Katzenbach which would have reversed the existing federal law. Sixty years later, the Supreme Court heard Louisiana v. Callais, which is a case that the Supreme Court recently ruled on that overturn's major components of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Taught by: Maureen Sanders
Maureen Sanders practices law in Albuquerque at the law firm of Sanders & Westbrook, PC. She has been involved in many constitutional battles seeking to protect the rights of all individuals and has often represented individuals and corporations in their claims against insurance companies. Previously, she served as a federal law clerk for Judge Edwin L. Mechem, an insurance defense lawyer, General Counsel for the State Corporation Commission, Director of the Civil Division of the NM Attorney General’s Office, and a Professor at UNM Law School. Maureen graduated from St. Pius High School in Albuquerque, received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Benedictine College, a masters degree in guidance and counseling from Southern Illinois University and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico. As an adjunct professor at UNM she has taught Ethics and Insurance Law. She also teaches in UNM’s trial practice class and has taught at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. She is a member of the American College of Trial Advocacy.
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