“The Left’s Intimidation Campaign over Shelby v. Holder”

No surprise here. Glad to see the rotted racially selective enforcement of Section 5, formerly done behind closed doors at 1800 G Street, now in the wide open and part of the Supreme Court’s deliberations on Shelby. The Voting Section is reaping the whirlwind they have sown. (See my article at PJ Media first breaking this rotted practice for another example.) National Review:

“Justice Scalia’s comments relate to the Department of Justice’s controversial enforcement of Section 5, which requires covered states to pre-clear all voting-laws changes with the DOJ or the United States District Court in D.C. This enforcement rarely involves voting practices that exclude minorities from the polls – the last twelve years has seen three cases – and such measures would be illegal in any case.

Instead, Justice Scalia’s controversial comments referred to the Department of Justice’s refusal to invoke Section 5 to protect white voters. As a March inspector general report explains: [extensive quotes about the Voting Section sowing the whirlwind.] . . .

While May would have his readers believe that Justice Scalia’s position would hurt minoritis, the DOJ’s Section 5 preclearance objections are the bigger culprit; the vast majority of these objections involve redistricting (39 out of 67 in 2009). The DOJ interprets Section 5 to require racially gerrymandered and segregated districts—districts with a majority minority population—instead of evenly distributing a minority population across the state. In practice, as Politico reported this week, this can hurt black politicians, who have difficulties transitioning from representing a majority minority district to representing a state. Even members of the Congressional Black Caucus recognize.”