Over the history of Presidencies, the U.S. Attorney General has routinely been accused of playing politics, but we are hard put to find one that has practiced the art form more than Eric Holder. Monday’s decision to reject Texas’s voter identification law on grounds that it would hurt minorities is the latest case study.

Bear in mind that 31 states have voter ID laws, which passed under Republicans and Democrats alike. It would take a distinctive kind of naivete to believe there is no voter fraud in America.

…In a December speech on voter ID, Mr. Holder warned that “we will examine the facts, and we will apply the law.” It’s no surprise that his civil rights division has now massaged the data in such a complicated fashion that it can charge bias. The courts won’t be able to clean up the mess until after the election.

Full editorial from the Wall Street Journal