The LA Times editorial page says:  If Obama “gets a second term Obama could save himself, and Holder, some grief by looking for a lawyer who would be less of a lightning rod.”

PJ Rule of Law.

Redux:

Here’s some proof that to some in the civil rights industry, civil rights are about Democrat party interests, not minority interests.  (Link to video stream of the hearing here.)  From my testimony to the House Judiciary Committee yesterday:

“Loud critics of the Bush administration claimed that enforcement of Section 2 was lacking, when in truth it was vigorous. Indeed, I (and the other lawyers working on the case with me) personally brought more Section 2 cases than the entire Obama administration has.

Consider Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. On March 22, 2007, he complained to the House Judiciary Committee about the purported lack of Section 2 cases brought by the Bush administration, complaining: “the [Civil Rights] Division must deal with and respond to growing distrust among minority communities who feel increasingly abandoned and marginalized by the Division’s litigation choices and priorities.”

When Henderson made this complaint, the Bush administration was in the process of litigating two Section 2 cases: United States v. Osceola County, FL (M.D. Fla 2005) and United States v. Village of Port Chester, NY (S.D.N.Y. 2006).

In preparing this testimony, I could find no complaints to the media from Mr. Henderson about the fact the Obama administration has not brought a single Section 2 case since I filed United States v. Town of Lake Park, FL (S.D. Fla. 2009), when I was a lawyer at the DOJ in March of 2009. The investigation of the Lake Park case was approved by the Bush administration. Thus, the Obama administration has not initiated then brought a single Section 2 lawsuit.”

 National Review.  “. . . That Perez wants to protect ineligible non-citizens who have committed a federal felony from being removed from the voter rolls is certainly no surprise. . . . “

A bad month grows worse.

John Cornyn is on the Senate Floor scalding the Justice Department and Eric Holder on a wide range of issues.  Cornyn today called for Holder’s resignation.  He took to the Senate Floor to list out all of the reasons why Holder should step down, including lax and late enforcement of military voting rights, as well as attacking Voter ID.  The speech is live on CSPAN 2 and partial summaries are at my Twitter stream.

Judicial Watch has sued the Department of Justice regarding the Section 5 review of Voter ID in South Carolina.  Judicial Watch is seeking records from the review as well as all contacts between Civil Rights Division employees and third parties regarding South Carolina Voter ID.  The press release is here.

The Bill of Particulars at National Review.

 Daily Caller.

“Your Department blocks states from implementing attempts to combat voter fraud,” Cornyn continued. “In short, you’ve violated the public trust in my view by failing and refusing to perform the duties of your office.”

More on the DOJ opposition to ensuring only citizens are registered to vote in Florida.  Fox News.