Why Shelby Happened: “Things Have Changed in the South”

A timely South Carolina Law Review article by John Tamasitis.  I find this note enlightening:


295. Indeed, individuals familiar with the inside workings of the DOJ Voting Right Section


reported that President Obama’s political appointees in the DOJ made the decision to object to


preclearance of the South Carolina voter ID law over the recommendation of career DOJ lawyers


and supervisors who believed the law should have been precleared. J. Christian Adams, Internal


DOJ Documents Argued for SC Voter ID Approval . . . but Obama Appointees Overruled, PJ MEDIA


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