Category Archives: Department of Justice

“The Voting Wars Within: Is the Department of Justice too biased to enforce the Voting Rights Act?”

March 18, 2013, 11:57 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this commentary for Slate. It begins: A long-awaited report from the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General issued last week sheds considerable light on the battles within the department’s voting section during the Bush and… Continue reading

“Thomas Perez May Not Deserve to Be Secretary of Labor, but He Deserves More Than This”

March 14, 2013, 9:35 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Andrew Cohen blogs.

“Lawmakers Dispute Report’s Meaning for Perez”

March 14, 2013, 12:33 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein explores whether the IG report on the DOJ voting section will affect Tom Perez’s expected nomination to be Secretary of Labor.

Did IG Conclude Obama DOJ a “Far Better Steward” of Voting Rights Section than Bush DOJ?

March 13, 2013, 8:33 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

That’s Adam Serwer’s reading of the report, but not mine. (The issue is not whether Obama DOJ in fact was a better steward, but rather what did the IG conclude.) Update: Adam Serwer clarifies that this is his opinion… Continue reading

“Internal Report Blasts DOJ Civil Rights Unit”

March 13, 2013, 8:24 amDepartment of Justice, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein does a great job describing key points in the IG report.

Breaking: DOJ OIG Releases Report on Voting Section Controversies

March 12, 2013, 11:29 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can now read A Review of the Operations of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division put out by the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. I will provide more comments when I’ve had a chance to… Continue reading

“Would GOP Filibuster Perez Too?”

March 11, 2013, 4:49 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

Quote of the Day

March 10, 2013, 8:53 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

“He’ll be a controversial nominee.” —An unnamed Democratic strategist, quoted by the LA Times on the nomination of Tom Perez to be labor secretary. Judging from this Powerline post, there could well be complaints from the right.

“Obama Choice for Labor Secretary Said to Be Justice’s Perez”

March 8, 2013, 12:35 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Bloomberg: “President Barack Obama is close to choosing Thomas Perez, currently the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, to be labor secretary, according to two people familiar with the matter.”