Category Archives: Department of Justice

Sam Bagenstos Defends DOJ, Tom Perez

April 16, 2013, 1:33 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Testimony here. You can find links to the other witness testimony at the House hearing at this link. UPDATE: Watch this exchange between Rep. Gowdy and Prof. Bagenstos about the South Carolina preclearance process and whether career attorneys… Continue reading

“GOP issues critical report of labor secretary nominee Perez”

April 16, 2013, 7:23 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

WaPo: “Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Thomas Perez, the nominee for labor secretary, in a report Sunday over what they said was a questionable deal he brokered while serving as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The 63-page… Continue reading

This Should Be Quite a Hearing

April 15, 2013, 7:33 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Mismanagement at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice Witness List Hans A. von Spankovsky The Heritage Foundation Harry Mihet Liberty Counsel Samuel Bagenstos The University of Michigan Law School J. Christian Adams Election Law Center

“Lawmakers: Tackle Redistricting or Wait for Courts?”

April 13, 2013, 1:26 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune: Greg Abbott is selling a redistricting nostrum, telling Texas legislators they could cut their legal risks by adopting new political maps right away. It is a hard sell. Lawmakers are getting along so well… Continue reading

“Senate Committee: Campaign Finance Laws Aren’t Enforced”

April 10, 2013, 7:32 amcampaign finance, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“D.C. court stops BISD’s May election”

April 10, 2013, 7:27 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

News Order DOJ letter

“DOJ Official Testifies on ‘Significant Challenges’ in Campaign Finance Investigations, Prosecutions”

April 9, 2013, 7:50 pmcampaign finance, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

BLT: “The U.S. Justice Department is ‘hampered’ from uncovering corruption and enforcing campaign finance laws in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a top prosecutor testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill.”

“AG Holder: wants voting rights provision upheld”

April 4, 2013, 9:30 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Obama Labor Pick’s Immigration Advocacy Tests Republicans”

April 3, 2013, 7:58 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Bloomberg on Tom Perez.

“Section 5 Discriminates Against Texas”

April 2, 2013, 8:04 amDepartment of Justice, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas SG Greg Abbott has written this oped.

“Lawyers rejected by Justice Department notch partial win”

March 29, 2013, 10:21 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein reports.

Justice Dept. Civil Rights Division Issues Report on 2009-12 Accomplishments

March 29, 2013, 10:10 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. Reading it gives no inkling of turmoil in the voting section. Update: Mother Jones: The Civil Rights Division is Kicking Butt, Says the Civil Rights Division

Coates and Adams Oped Against Tom Perez Describes Conversations with Perez

March 25, 2013, 7:21 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Washington Examiner OpEd by former DOJ lawyers Christopher Coates and J. Christian Adams: Senators of both parties should be reluctant to confirm nominee Thomas E. Perez as Labor secretary because he has provided inaccurate testimony under oath. The explosive report… Continue reading