DoJ Appointees Overruled Voting Rights Act Attorneys

Nothing this administration does surprises me anymore, but this is nothing short of outrageous. Totally ignoring the Voting Rights Act is just another example of the absolute corruption that has taken over the Republican Party and of course the White House. They will stop at nothing to force their perverted thinking on the entire United States and eventually making the Constitution just an inconvenient document that used to mean something years ago, before this thieving, lying bunch of bastards illegitimately took office by a partisan decision from the Supreme Court. Not content with that, they decided to hack into the Diebold voting machines and give themselves another illegal 4 years to degrade the country. Now this: Via Brad Blog Bush DoJ Appointees Overruled their Own Voting Rights Act Attorneys to Approve Texas Redistricting Plan! Unanimous Recommendation by 8 Staffers, Including Head of Voting Rights Division Ignored! As With Georgia Photo ID Case, Bush Makes Mockery of Voting Rights Act, Ranking Democrat Calls for House Judiciary Committee Investigation ------ [The] Washington Post , in a stunning front page splash today, is reporting that political appointees in George W. Bush's Dept. of Justice overruled their own attorneys in the Voting Rights Act unit who had recommended against Texas' state redistricting plan for Congressional districts. That new redistricting plan was key to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's (R-TX) controversial strategy in the state which eventually resulted in 7 additional Republicans being elected to the U.S. House in 2004. Eight staffers at the DoJ, including the heads of the Voting Rights Division advocated against the redistricting in a 73-page memo, but Bush political appointees agreed to allow the changes to go through anyway! The Voting Rights Act requires DoJ pre-approval of changes to electoral law in several states where minority voting rights have historically been an issue. According to WaPo, "The Justice Department memo recommending rejection of the Texas plan was written by two analysts and five lawyers. In addition, the head of the voting section at the time, Joseph Rich, wrote a concurring opinion." Representative John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) has requested a formal hearing from the Judiciary Committee to investigate this abuse of power. The full text of his statement is also available at Brad Blog. I am sure this will be ignored by the Republican Chairman and the Republican members of the Committee but as usual, Rep. Conyers is getting it on the record, and out in the public eye. By doing so when the Dems finally (hopefully in the not too distant future), take the power out of their corrupt little hands they will be made to pay.