Carrie Severino is chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, an organization dedicated to protecting the Constitution of the United States and the Founding Fathers’ vision of a nation of limited government, the rule of law and a fair and impartial judiciary in which every American receives equal justice under the law. Prior to joining the Judicial Crisis Network, Severino has also distinguished herself as a Dean’s Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University  Law Center, and as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, cum laude, of Duke University and holds a master’s degree in Linguistics from Michigan State University.

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Telemundo Parrots Erroneous Take on Texas Voter ID Law
October 22, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT

With Election Day nearing, it’s unfortunate to see more media outlets across the country parroting bogus arguments against common-sense voter ID laws. A recent news brief on Noticiero Telemundo, for example, breathlessly announced that “some 600,000 Hispanics and African-Americans in Texas could lose their vote in the November elections because of a law that requires one of seven types of photo identification in order to be allowed to vote.”

As presented, the story included - and thus advanced - the position of only one side of a hotly contested legal conflict. By so doing, Telemundo – along with other media outlets with similar story lines – seriously failed to present an accurate account of the real situation on the ground.