Category Archives: Department of Justice

“Justice Department Files Voting Rights Suit Against City of Eastpointe, Michigan”

January 11, 2017, 9:57 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit late yesterday to challenge the at-large method of electing the city council of Eastpointe, Michigan. The complaint alleges that the election system in Eastpointe violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by… Continue reading

“Franken Stumps Sessions on Trump’s Crazy Voter-Fraud Tweet”

January 11, 2017, 7:52 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ed Kilgore blogs.

Read Tom Mann on Jeff Sessions’ AG Nomination

January 9, 2017, 8:14 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Here.

DOJ Report Highlights Obama Administration Voting Rights Achievements

January 6, 2017, 11:06 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here, beginning at page 39. Introduction: The integrity of our democracy depends on ensuring that every eligible voter can meaningfully participate in the electoral process. Voting forms the bedrock of our democracy. The division works to ensure that every… Continue reading

“The Justice Department’s Voter Fraud Scandal: Lessons”

January 6, 2017, 8:38 amchicanery, Department of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Adam Gitlin and Wendy Weiser with a new Brennan Center report in advance of the Sen. Sessions confirmation hearings for AG.

“Jeff Sessions Becomes One of Few Presidential Nominees Ever Opposed by Common Cause in 46 Years”

January 5, 2017, 8:57 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Release: Today, Common Cause announced it opposition to the nomination of Sen. Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III (R-AL) to serve as U.S. Attorney General, deeming him unfit to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Senator Sessions has… Continue reading

“Jeff Sessions says he handled these civil rights cases. He barely touched them”

January 4, 2017, 8:25 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Gerry Hebert, Joe Rich, and Bill Yeomans with a WaPo oped: In the questionnaire he filed recently with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions (R-Ala.) listed four civil rights cases among the 10 most significant that he litigated “personally” as… Continue reading

“Liberals eye Sessions hearing as preview of Supreme Court fight”

January 4, 2017, 8:18 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.

“Is Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Trying to Paper Over His Record?”

December 13, 2016, 2:36 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Nice piece from Carrie Johnson for NPR: Sessions, 69, returned his questionnaire to the committee amid little fanfare late last Friday evening. The former U.S. Attorney and Attorney General for the state of Alabama dutifully listed his employment record. But… Continue reading

“Civil Rights Déjà Vu, Only Worse”

December 12, 2016, 8:35 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Sam Bagenstos for TAP: Voting Rights. After the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County decision cutting the heart from the Voting Rights Act, states formerly covered by the statute’s preclearance requirement initiated a wave of new vote-suppression measures. Other states also… Continue reading

“Black Belt voter fraud case in Alabama shaped Sen. Jeff Sessions’ career”

November 18, 2016, 4:09 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Mary Troyan and Brian Lyman for USA Today.

“Sessions Looks Like a Lock for Confirmation”

November 18, 2016, 4:06 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Politico: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a potential swing vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will support Sessions, a spokesman said Friday. That’s a key pickup, given Flake’s moderate views on immigration and social issues, and his opposition to Donald Trump… Continue reading

My One Personal Interaction with Sen. Sessions Does Not Give Me Confidence About Strong Voting Rights Enforcement with Him as AG

November 18, 2016, 8:30 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Others have written about Senator Jeff Sessions, President-Elect Trump’s expected nominee for Attorney General, and questions of race and voting rights. I can add only one thing from personal experience. In 2006, I testified (that day, along with Professors… Continue reading