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[video at PJTV J. Christian Adams: NAACP Lobbied Obama Administration to Dismiss New Black Panther Case] Time for "honkies" to move to the back of the bus (or just not vote for fear of being beaten)? Is this the (post racial) change we were hoping for? With few exceptions, the MSM is averting its eyes. This was, after all, their candidate. As Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit would say: "They said if I voted for John McCain, we would see voting places blocked by angry club wielding bullies to keep people of a certain race from voting ... AND THEY WERE...

Let's avoid all the mealy-mouthed euphemisms: In the now-infamous New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s Justice Department stands accused of being dishonest, racist, political hacks. The department's responses to those charges have been so weak that they may as well have pleaded nolo contendere. A hearing today by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights provides the department one more chance to adequately explain itself. Right now, no adequate explanation seems to exist. It was one year ago tomorrow that department officials overrode the advice of career attorneys, and of the department's own appellate...

The Justice Department's decision to drop an already-won voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party merits multiple, independent investigations. On Tuesday, Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican, officially asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to refile the case. Mr. Holder should comply. So far, the Justice Department has stonewalled legitimate inquiry. It has yet to provide records sought by this newspaper back in May. It has yet to answer a July 22 letter from Mr. Wolf that asks 35 questions on 17 different subjects relating to the Black Panther case. Justice has claimed, falsely, that the...