Posted on 11/17/2010 10:14:36 AM PST by jazusamo
The Justice Department still hasn't explained its decision to drop most of its voter-intimidation case against violent Black Panthers 18 months ago. If the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights finally adopts its report on the controversy, the great lengths Justice officials have taken to avoid scrutiny will be exposed.
As the draft comes up for a vote on Friday, new findings from a Judicial Watch lawsuit will further eviscerate the lame excuses Justice has offered. Even in heavily redacted form, department e-mails unearthed last week show top political appointees not just vaguely reviewing and approving the decision to drop most of the case, but actually directing and editing court filings.
This contradicts the department's official story that the decisions were made by career attorneys who merely secured pro-forma approval from political superiors. The political interference alleged by Judicial Watch is part of a larger pattern. Much of the information included in the Civil Rights Commission draft - some of it first unearthed by The Washington Times - details evidence of a broader politicization of the Justice Department.
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Under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the Justice Department acts as a law unto itself, defining its own mission without regard to oversight by any other branch of government. That's beyond all bounds in a nation of laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The new congress will take up hearings in January. I’m looking forward to Eric Holder’s testimony.
Black Ops-That’s Flippin’ Funny! Seriously,Holder is criminally incompetent!
Amen!
I wouldn’t be surprised if Holder and his thugs at DOJ are Rep. Issa’s first investigation.
I wonder if the rats will try to rush it through in lame-duck time like they are doing with the ethics trials, to keep some semblance of control over the message.
Yes, he is incomptent. I don’t believe he does anything without being told to do it from above, and that probably isn’t just from Zer0.
That’s a thought but I think they’d seriously hurt themselves if they try. Of course with the crooked bunch running the show now practically nothing is surprising.
...Soon to end...This long-overdue oversight may be the most valuable contribution that the new Congress can make to Washington: gridlock & hearings.
Me too!
This should be the first investigation.
Voter intimidation.
Try and defend that one.
Bump!
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