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Pajamas Media Reviewing the Resumes: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder?s Voting Section
A few of the profiles:
Eric Holder has defied and ignored court order after court order to enforce election laws in many states that direct election officials to purge the rolls of dead voters and investigate other voting fraud activities.
But then Holder has no qualms about defying court orders, remember Elian Gonzales??
Wonder where the NY Slimes and WAPO stand on this??
Pardon me for being facetious, we all know Pravda on the Potomac and the flaming bundle of twigs heartily approve of everything Obama, Hitlery and Holder do.
Eric Holders Justice Department wields enormous power over the American political landscape heading into the 2012 elections. Under the Voting Rights Act, sixteen states must submit any election law change to the Justice Department for approval. The law also gives the states the right to go to federal court for approval instead.
States need to understand the biographies of the DOJ officials who will be responsible for managing the review of these submissions. PJM has learned their backgrounds weigh in favor of bypassing the DOJ and going straight to court.
PJM has been investigating an unprecedented hiring blitz by the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department since Obamas inauguration. In these lean economic times, Eric Holder went on a hiring frenzy, bringing over 130 high-paid government attorneys onto the federal payroll.
After the Bush administration was accused of hiring some attorneys for ideological reasons, PJM requested the resumes of the new Obama hires back in the summer of 2010. The Bush administration satisfied similar media requests within weeks, but a lawsuit had to be filed to dislodge the resumes from the Most Transparent Administration in History. The resumes were only recently turned over but redacted. (Hans von Spakovsky authored this piece yesterday providing the first review of the resumes.)(link)
The biographies of the people holding the power to review election law changes are wholly relevant to which course state government officials should choose. They should know the Voting Section has a history of being sanctioned and scolded by federal courts for mischief in the redistricting process. Courts have described biased Section 5 reviews by the Voting Section as an embarrassment and disturbing. The DOJs relationship with the ACLU was described by a federal court as that of peers working together.
The same court all but called DOJ lawyers liars, saying their professed amnesia was less than credible.
A few of the profiles:
Westfall worked for the Advancement Project, a Soros-funded group notable for blocking efforts around the country to purge voter rolls of ineligible voters. But Westfall also has stunningly deep political pockets. She maxed out her political contributions to Barack Obama, giving him $4,600 in 2008. For good measure, she donated, $2,300 to the Obama Victory Fund. Before she was smitten with Obama, she helped Hillary Clinton, to the tune of $2,100 in 2006 and $2,300 in 2007. She gave thousands of dollars to other Democratic candidates, including Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Tom Daschle.
Georgia enacted a law requiring voter registrants to demonstrate they are American citizens. To Elise Shore at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, this was an outrage, and her organization sued Georgia. She did much more. She badgered DOJ to interpose an objection to the citizenship requirement in 2009. When MALDEF talks, the Obama DOJ listens. Georgia then decided to yank the submission from DOJ and sue in federal court for approval. For good measure, Georgia challenged the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange should be wary. If he submits Alabamas redistricting plans to DOJ, they will be reviewed by Daniel Freeman. Freemans resume shows he worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union and interned for the ACLU. Rounding out his ideological bona fides, he helped Islamic terrorists held in Guantanamo while working for Human Rights First, a George Soros-funded group. Indeed, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee named him the Pro-Bono Attorney of the Year. He was the chair of the Yale Law School Democrats and a member of the Yale College Democrats while an undergraduate.
Unfortunately, Alabama wont be the only state where Freeman will be reviewing redistricting changes. Alaska Attorney General John Burns should also consider sending Alaska election law changes straight to federal court to bypass Freeman. Joining Freeman to review any Alaska submission will be Jaye Sitton. Sitton is a donor to Democratic candidates and the resume she submitted to DOJ boldly proclaims she was a volunteer for Barack Obamas Campaign for Change. She is also a member of GAYLAW and the Intersex Society of North America whatever that is.
Election law changes in Mississippi will face Michelle McLeod, an attorney with a purple-shirted background in the labor movement. Her resume reveals she worked for the SEIUs New York Civic Participation Project as well as the National Employment Law Project, a pro-union outfit.
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The sixteen states covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act should go straight to federal court, where they can obtain an unbiased, non-partisan, and fair review of election law changes. Rules of evidence and civil procedure will govern the submission, not ideological whimsy. Detached magistrates will make the decision, not attorneys who formerly worked for the pet projects of George Soros.
Eric Holder has defied and ignored court order after court order to enforce election laws in many states that direct election officials to purge the rolls of dead voters and investigate other voting fraud activities.
But then Holder has no qualms about defying court orders, remember Elian Gonzales??
Wonder where the NY Slimes and WAPO stand on this??
Pardon me for being facetious, we all know Pravda on the Potomac and the flaming bundle of twigs heartily approve of everything Obama, Hitlery and Holder do.