DOJ Staff Recommendations No Longer Possible in Voting Rights Act Cases
Following-up on my December 2, 2005 posting, DOJ Memo Determined Voting Rights Violations Resulting From Texas Redistricting, with two related articles documenting the administration response to the controversy:
from today's Washington Post, Staff Opinions Banned In Voting Rights Cases.
and a December 8 article from the Dallas Morning News, Voting-rights friction building inside Justice. According to the article article, "some critics say, Justice higher-ups have moved to rein in career Voting Rights Section staffers by ending their ability to make recommendations in those types of cases."
note that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa, is considering holding hearings on the Texas redistricting issue.
