The Hill. “House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) slammed Attorney General Eric Holder after an investigation by Goodlatte’s committee reported discrepancies between Holder’s congressional testimony and decision to approve a search warrant for emails from Fox News Correspondent James Rosen.”
“”I find the lack of leadership at the Department of Justice extremely alarming,” Goodlatte said in a statement on Wednesday. “The deceptive and misleading testimony of Attorney General Holder is unfortunately just the most recent example in a long list of scandals that have plagued the Department.”
Advocates of a “fix” for Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act can thank Eric Holder and his Department’s reputation for dishonesty for dooming the “fix.” Holder and his DOJ have developed a reputation for abuse of power, dishonesty under oath, and radical legal theories. This reputation has all but doomed any fix for Section 4 after Shelby. Those who scream loudest for the fix are often those responsible in part for the abuse of power and reputation for dishonesty.