Another example of crying wolf by racial name-calling. Back in December, a coalition of NAACP, Hispanic and Union activists all predictably sued, claiming that Republican lawmakers had nefariously designed racially-charged plans that showed a pattern of discrimination and disenfranchised minorities.
Segregation. Dilution. Cracking. Racial gerrymandering.
Apparently, the exodus out of Detroit was not a reason to reduce its representation at all.
The Michigan SOS and AG wisely sued the Department of Justice in federal court in a dual track submission and won.
In January, the Department of Justice preclears the Michigan plan. Cold water on heated rhetoric.
It is hard to remember that Michigan is under Section 5. No, it really is.