Saturday, December 10, 2005

Department of INJUSTICE

Article here, from Washington Post. Here we go again...
The Justice Department has barred staff attorneys from offering recommen- dations 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...
"Sacked," for getting it right, like Shinseki.

The Voting Rights Act? 'Bastards!
Not just another hijack-ing, Herb.
(Protest-pic, from bbc, UK,
Not related to Post-story)

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