“It is an embarrassing defeat for the Holder Justice Department. The court’s decision eviscerates Eric Holder’s politicized and racially inflammatory legal assault on commonsense election integrity measures. The court expressly rejected the Department of Justice’s contention that minorities are harmed by commonsense measures that help secure honest elections. The court’s dramatic rejection of Holder’s legal theory shows that that the DOJ’s lawsuit, which was coordinated with political activists at the White House, was always more about cynical political and racial appeals than upholding the law.” Read more at westernjournalism/breaking-eric-holder-just-slapped-federal-court-voter-id/#2eFHKqW2u593jxpc.99
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:55:42 +0000