Yet another trip to Iraq for a Voting Section lawyer. 

Christian Ortego served in the Voting Section from 2005 to approximately 2007.  He’s one of those guys who might not have come from a “civil rights” group, but he sure knew how to litigate civil rights cases at the Department of Justice.  He ships off for a year in Iraq this week, leaving family, home and hearth behind.  I hope to write more about Christian, and the active litigation docket the DOJ lawyers had from 2005-2008 in the Voting Section.  False rhetoric about the Bush Justice Department has become vogue in some corners, and enough is enough.  Christian Ortego was one of the top shelf litigators who brought Hispanic representation to places like Osceola, Florida. 

He’s a guy that knows what’s right, and what’s wrong.  Truth from fiction.  Good from evil.   

When people say the Bush Voting Section didn’t do anything, and Tom Perez is busy restoring  the place, it’s the work of people like Christian Ortego that shine light on that falsehood.  He worked hard to protect voting rights, and now he’s going to work hard in Iraq.  Maybe he can be a voting assistance officer once he gets there.  Woe to the state that doesn’t send ballots in time if he is.   Godspeed Christian, our prayers follow you.