No Justice at Justice Dept.

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No Justice at Justice Dept.
by Joe in DC - 12/10/2005 09:21:00 AM


We learned the hard way in 2000 that for the Bush team, counting every vote did not matter. Now, we learn that it is that the Bush Department of Justice puts politics above the voting rights of minorities:
The Justice Department has barred staff attorneys from offering recommendations in major Voting Rights Act cases, marking a significant change in the procedures meant to insulate such decisions from politics, congressional aides and current and former employees familiar with the issue said.

Disclosure of the change comes amid growing public criticism of Justice Department decisions to approve Republican-engineered plans in Texas and Georgia that were found to hurt minority voters by career staff attorneys who analyzed the plans. Political appointees overruled staff findings in both cases.
The GOP really will do anything to win.
http://americablog.org/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901894.html