"Politics in Redistricting? Really?"
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There is a great story in the Washington Post about the politics involved in redistricting and the pressure that is placed on the Department of Justice – Voting section by high ranking republican officials… The Justice Department's voting section, a small and usually obscure unit that enforces the Voting Rights Act and other federal election laws, has been thrust into the center of a growing debate over recent departures and controversial decisions in the Civil Rights Division as a whole.Many current and former lawyers in the section charge that senior officials have exerted undue political influence in many of the sensitive voting-rights cases the unit handles. Most of the department's major voting-related actions over the past five years have been beneficial to the GOP, they say, including two in Georgia, one in Mississippi and a Texas redistricting plan orchestrated by Rep. Tom DeLaySome lawyers who have recently left the Civil Rights Division, such as Rich at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and William Yeomans at the American Constitution Society, have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the way voting matters have been handled. Other former and current employees have discussed the controversy on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
posted by elchisme at 8:01 AM on Jan 23 2006


Jaime Kenedeño said...
Very thorough article.A must read for all in South Texas.Hinojosa has done some crooked sh/t if this all checks out and I think it will with the 13thCOA links and all.I need to check out the opinions but it looks like Rose is going to take on King Kong. But King Kong has handicapped himself.
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