At the link, once again we see another state, this time South Carolina, go to the U.S. District Court for an objective analysis of its senate redistricting plans rather than put up with the ridiculous questions and black maximation policies of the partisan lawyers in the Voting Section. 

“State Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell has announced the S.C. Senate will file a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a declaration that the State Senate Redistricting Plan conforms to the requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act…In a letter the agency sent to the Senate on Monday, the Justice Department asks about District 17 which now serves voters in Chester, Fairfield, Union and York counties. The American Civil Liberties Union had argued that the district could be drawn with a black majority. But the Senate rejected that argument”

Apparently, the Feds (that would be left wing attorneys in the DOJ Voting Section) had questions on one senate district in the South Carolina State Senate plan.  It just so happens their concerns were related to the very same district where the ACLU wanted to force a new black majority district.  What a coincidence! It also appears that DOJ is “inconsistently” using black maximation policies rather than the proper retrogression analysis under the law.  Even more concerning is that the black maximation analysis is only rolled out depending on who is proposing the lines.  With so many states opting for court, DOJ has become just another party in a lawsuit, certainly not the final word in redistricting. It is apparent with Georgia and South Carolina going to court, that absolutely none of the states who deal with DOJ on voting issues actually believe the attorneys in the Voting Section are following the law or being objective in their analysis. Their actions indicate they almost uniformly believe the Voting Section is simply carrying water for the Obama WH and DCCC.