I testified today at the House Judiciary Committee.  The Republican members were on their game.  An example is below.  Background:  The DOJ Voting Section lawyers recommended that South Carolina Voter ID be precleared.  Tom Perez overruled them.  Senator Lindsey Graham wants the preclearance memos else he may vote to block Tom Perez’s nomination as Labor Secretary. Today we learned whether or not the academy cares about the political ranks overruling the career ranks.

Expect to see more of this until the DOJ releases the memo by Chris Herren and Bob Berman on SC Voter ID.

Also from my testimony today: Perversely, this is the precise conduct which some have alleged occurred in the preclearance of Georgia Voter ID in 2005 – except the IG Report says that didn’t occur.  Career attorneys recommended preclearance of Georgia’s Voter ID law and political leadership adopted their recommendation.  Nobody was overruled.  See, IG Report, 85-87.