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Obomination: DOJ Advancing a Political Agenda
27 Jan 2012 8:03 AM
Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler said that the Obama administration is using the Federal Motor Voter Law “to advance a political agenda.” On July 12, 2011, the Justice Department sued Louisiana claiming that “Louisiana officials have not routinely offered voter registration forms, assistance and services to the state’s eligible... Read More...
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Obomination: DOJ Distorts Data As It Aggressively Scrutinizes Voter ID
20 Jan 2012 6:29 AM
Obama’s Justice Department will go to whatever lengths to distort data in order to pursue their “aggressive” agenda against voter ID. The Department of Justice is misusing its power where it has authority not to preclear voting statutes if they violate civil rights laws. The Department of Justice rushed out its letter denying preclearance of... Read More...
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Obomination: DOJ Puts Politics Above the Law
13 Jan 2012 5:26 AM
Last Friday’s Obomination was Obama’s decision to make four illegal recess appointments last week. This week, the Obomination is his Justice Department’s poorly written after-the-fact rationalization for those appointments. Obama and his administration believe the law should be followed only when it suits their political agenda. Senator Grassley... Read More...
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Obomination: The Double Standard at Obama’s DOJ
30 Sep 2011 8:12 AM
Have you been keeping count at Obama’s Department of Justice? Leftist lawyers: 113 Moderate, non-ideological, or conservative lawyers: 0. These numbers, as covered in a previous Obomination , are especially disturbing because career employees at the Justice Department are supposed to be selected by merit by law . According to the Civil Service Reform Act... Read More...
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Obomination – Obama’s DOJ: Conservatives Need Not Apply
26 Aug 2011 6:28 AM
The FOIA request is in from Pajamas Media for the resumes of the attorneys hired by the Civil Rights Division since Obama took office, and the results are disturbing. The Department of Justice has hired leftwing radicals to staff that Division’s career service attorney positions. Former DOJ attorneys J. Christian Adams and Hans von Spakovsky along with... Read More...
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DC Federal Courts hearing Constitutional challenges to VRA Section 5
10 May 2011 1:11 PM
Last Friday, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in LaRoque v. Holder , a case on appeal from a dismissal in which a prospective candidate for City Council in Kinston, NC, challenges the constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The week before, on April 27, Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder, was filed in the District Court... Read More...
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DOJ Undermines Pentagon, Allows Wisconsin To Ignore Military Voting Protections
10 Sep 2010 3:09 PM
Well, the Holder Department of Justice is at it again. After it was reported that the DOJ was encouraging states to apply for a waiver from the requirements of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, it appears DOJ is continuing to assist states in skirting statutorily mandated provisions aimed at ensuring that the votes of our Military members... Read More...
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J. Christian Adams: Why the Left Shouldn’t Defend the New Black Panther Dismissal
19 Jul 2010 9:11 AM
In response to several attacks he has received in response to his allegations against the Department of Justice, RNLA member and former DOJ attorney J. Christian Adams has criticized the left for "harming a cause they profess to support – the right to vote." Adams calls the dismissal of the New Black Panther case "a genuine tragedy that should... Read More...
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DOJ Attorney Exiled to South Carolina for Role in New Black Panther Party Suit
13 Jan 2010 8:53 AM
Hans von Spakovsky has a new piece at National Review discussing the exile of Christopher Coates, the career attorney at DOJ who recommended DOJ's Civil Rights Division file a suit over voter intimidation against the New Black Panther Party for their actions outside a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day in 2008. As most know, "[p]olitical appointees... Read More...
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My Thoughts on the Decision in ACORN vs. the United States
15 Dec 2009 1:38 PM
My friends, I've been fairly quiet the past few days. I've read and re-read Judge Gershon's opinion in ACORN vs. the United States of America, and I'm still baffled. I am personally of the belief that defunding was a proper use of Congressional regulatory power. The decision to protect the taxpayers from waste, fraud, and abuse seems important... Read More...
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Steps up Pressure on DOJ Re: Black Panthers
14 Dec 2009 10:58 AM
An op-ed in today's Washington Times reports on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights continued dispute with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over DOJ's continued stonewalling in the dismissal of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case. The long simmering controversy centers around the decision by DOJ political appointees to drop a suit against New... Read More...
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Obama’s Lawyers Have Confirmation Trouble So They Go Back to School
11 Dec 2009 9:13 AM
We've seen Obama's lawyers leaving his Administration. First his White House Counsel was replaced, then the number two man at Justice. Now we see that two of his nominees who have yet to make it through the confirmation process have continued their academic careers: Two stalled Justice Department nominees are slated to continue their university teaching... Read More...
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Interesting News on the ACORN Lawsuit
9 Dec 2009 7:43 AM
Last week ACORN and the Department of Justice had their day in court. I posted the following recap on www.biggovernment.com : ACORN's pending litigation against the federal government has received less attention. Last week, unbeknownst to all but avid court or ACORN watchers a pivotal moment occurred in the lawsuit. Peter D. Leary, an attorney at the Department... Read More...
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Looks Like Obama Needs Another Lawyer
4 Dec 2009 9:26 AM
First his White House Counsel heads back to private practice. Now the number two man at the Department of Justice is walking away. Who will be next? WASHINGTON — The No. 2 official at the Justice Department announced Thursday he is leaving the job after less than a year. David Ogden, a prominent Washington lawyer, is headed back to his former firm, WilmerHale... Read More...
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Where There’s a Will There’s a Way – ACORN Continues to Receive Federal Funds
30 Nov 2009 9:02 AM
The papers are buzzing with articles discussing the Department of Justice determination that ACORN may continue to receive federal funds already obligated to the organization. You can view the memorandum that started this all at www.biggovernment.com . Here's what we're hearing: The Examiner On the other hand, the Holder Justice Department could simply... Read More...
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