Category Archives: Department of Justice
“Justice Department to monitor South Carolina congressional election”
Bill Yeomans on DOJ, Voting Rights, and the IG Report
Here.
“Your Civil Rights Division is a Rat’s Nest”
Rep. Frank Wolf stays classy at Eric Holder hearing.
Tom Perez Labor Confirmation Hearing Turns to DOJ Voting Division Controversies
Sam Bagenstos Defends DOJ, Tom Perez
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”
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
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?”
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”
“D.C. court stops BISD’s May election”
“DOJ Official Testifies on ‘Significant Challenges’ in Campaign Finance Investigations, Prosecutions”
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”
“Obama Labor Pick’s Immigration Advocacy Tests Republicans”
Bloomberg on Tom Perez.