Question

• describe key strategies that a judge would utilize in order to reconcile the discrepancy in perception of the George Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence. Provide a rationale for your response. Discuss whether or not you believe Attorney General Eric Holder should have challenged the voting laws in the state of Texas enacted after the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Analyze at least two (2) key issues related to Texas’s new voting laws that the Attorney General highlighted. Provide examples of rights covered by the Voting Rights Act to support your rationale.

Answer 1

One key strategy that a judge would need to utilize to reconcile the discrepancy of George Zimmerman’s innocence is following and enforcing the law and how it reads. The woman in the video stated it and it occurs any time in cases, she said they had strong feelings, even knew he was guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, but it could not be proven that it was intentional and not self-defense. A second key strategy would be emotional restraint. A judge hearing all of the evidence and can draw a conclusion about a person but if the evidence does not line up and prove the guilty party to face jail time. The judge has to use their judgment and the word of the jurors in deciding the outcome of a case even though it could feel, and seem like the person is guilty but according to how the law is written, cold hard proof in not available and leaves enough to decide innocence.

The provision required 16 jurisdictions to seek pre-clearance from the DOJ before making changes to elections laws. Eric Holder had every right to express his freedom to challenge the voting laws, I think going after Texas first was a risky move because of the power the state holds, possibly starting out smaller first would have given Holder additional firepower to go in with, but I guess go big or go home was the thought behind it. A second fight that Holder sought out was the voter ID law, this law was also delayed in the decision-making process. Over 600,000 individuals are without proper ID that is required to vote, and providing the proper certificates are a problem for some.