In my post Monday on the DOJ’s rejection of Georgia’s voter verification system, I wrote: “What to make of this development? To supporters of section 5, like me, it is one small piece of evidence that section 5 is still necessary, and that it is good to see the Department of Justice again aggressively enforcing the law. But I expect that opponents of section 5 will point to this ruling as an infringement on Georgia’s sovereignty, and to argue that the potential for the DOJ to more aggressively enforce section 5 under orders from the Obama Administration is a reason for the Supreme Court to strike the provision down in the pending NAMUDNO case.” As if on cue, here are Hans von Spakovsky’s reactions: “outrageously stupid,” “dumb,” “Mr. von Spakovsky said the differences in the Justice Department’s handling of the Arizona and Georgia cases shows how arbitrarily the Voting Rights Act is applied, based on nothing more than the administration in power. ‘I think the department’s actions in this case is just further evidence of why the Supreme Court ought to find this provision unconstitutional.'”