[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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           STAY ISSUED BY SUPREME COURT IN LOUISIANA V. HAYS

  (Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to inform the 
House that about 30 minutes ago the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold 
the voting rights of all Americans in a decision of 8 to 1 upholding 
and issuing a stay in the case of Louisiana versus Hays.
  I would like to at this time, Mr. Speaker, thank the President of the 
United States of America, who took a very firm stand for voting rights 
in this country, and also I would like to thank the U.S. Attorney 
General, Janet Reno, as well as the Assistant Attorney General for 
Civil Rights, Mr. Devol Patrick, who worked so hard to protect the 
Voting Rights Act that we passed in this Congress, and the Solicitor 
General, Drew Days, who worked so hard to defend the Voting Rights Act 
in this country, the State attorney general of the State of Louisiana, 
attorney general Richard Iyoube, and also the assistant attorney 
general, Mr. Roy Mongrue, who worked so hard day and night to defend 
the Voting Rights Act for the citizens across the State of Louisiana.
  I would like to also thank, Mr. Speaker, the Lawyers' Committee on 
Civil Rights, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and I would like to finally 
thank Judge Leon Higginbotham, all who have worked hard to preserve the 
Voting Rights Act, an act this body passed and an act that ought to be 
upheld in every court all across the country.

                 Order List--Thursday, August 11, 1994


                         order in pending case

       A-64--LOUISIANA, ET AL. V. RAY HAYS, ET AL.
       A-75--UNITED STATES V. RAY HAYS, ET AL.
       The applications for stay presented to Justice Scalia and 
     by him referred to the Court are granted and it is ordered 
     that the judgment of the United States District Court for the 
     Western District of Louisiana, Civil Action No. CV 92-1522S, 
     filed July 25, 1994, is stayed pending the timely filing of 
     statements as to jurisdiction in this Court. Should such 
     statements be so timely filed, this order shall remain in 
     effect pending this Court's action on the appeals. If the 
     judgment should be affirmed, or the appeals dismissed, this 
     stay shall expire automatically. In the event jurisdiction is 
     noted, or postponed, this order shall remain in effect 
     pending the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
       Justice Scalia would deny the applications.

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