GOP Rep. Lamar Smith’s First Oversight Letter to Justice Department Demands Details on New Black Panther Case…
Elections have consequences. (WaPo) – Right Turn has obtained the first oversight letter from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued to the Justice Department. While he was in the minority, Smith labored, largely unsuccessfully, on the committee to convince the Democratic chairman to investigate a range of issues, including detainee policy and New Black Panther Party case. He now has the authority to schedule hearings, call witnesses and subpoena documents. In a five-page letter, Smith notes that there has been “little oversight” as to how the civil rights division has used its budget increases ($22 million in FYI 2010 and $17 million requested in FYI 2011) and why the need for some 164 new positions. He then gets to the heart of the matter. As I and other outlets have reported, he notes that in the New Black Panther Party case investigation, it came to light that a political appointee, Julie Fernandes, directed Justice Department attorneys “not to bring cases against black defendants for the benefit of white victims.” Smith then details allegations by former Justice Department attorney J. Christian Adams that the department declined to enforce the National Voter Registration Act and its provisions relating to “voter integrity.” After reciting the evidence concerning Fernandes’s statements and her expressed hostility toward enforcing the NVRA, Smith concludes, “Allegations that the Civil Rights Division has engaged in a practice of race-biased enforcement of voting rights law must be investigated by the Committee.” He then gives Holder until January 21 to respond to a list of questions, including whether Fernandes did, in fact, “explicitly or implicitly direct Voting Section staff not to enforce any section of any federal rights statute” or “not to enforce Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act.” He demands all documents that relate to the department’s enforcement practices under the Voting Rights Act. Rest here> > >
Document drop: Breaking: DOJ Inspector General will investigate Obama voting rights record
Just obtained this letter from Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine to members of Congress informing them that he will open up a review of the Obama administration’s selective enforcement of civil rights laws by the Voting Section office of DOJ. Big news. Good news. Fine is a veteran IG whose meticulous work I cited in-depth in Invasion . You know how the Obama bully boys have treated IGs. Prayers for Fine would be most appropriate.

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Voter rolls: We see dead people. Does the DOJ?
Photoshop: Conservative Arts America’s voter rolls are a mess. But you can’t count on the Department of Social Justice and corruptocrat Attorney General Eric Holder to clean them up. It’s another job the feds won’t do. Time for ordinary citizens to step up to the plate. Thanks to a provision in federal law, you can pick up the slack. Former DOJ attorney/whistleblower J. Christian Adams fills you in at Pajamas Media: In November 2009, political appointee Julie Fernandes told the entire assembled DOJ Voting Section that the Obama administration would not enforce the list maintenance provisions of Section 8. Section 8 “doesn’t have anything to do with increasing minority turnout,” Fernandes said. “We don’t have any interest in enforcing that part of the law.” End of story. At the same time, Fernandes stressed that the DOJ would vigorously enforce the welfare agency registration provisions of Section 7. She made these lawless instructions in front of me and dozens of other shocked Voting Section lawyers. The DOJ has never once denied that Fernandes gave these instructions, nor has the DOJ countermanded them. This lawless policy couldn’t have a partisan motivation, could it? Now, Americans are left to clean up the voter rolls on their own. Thankfully, Motor Voter provides a private right of action — that means private citizens can bring lawsuits against states and voter registrars who are allowing dead and ineligible voters to taint the voter rolls. Americans are used to getting the job done themselves. Reliance on government tends to disappoint. Using this private right of action, I have given sixteen states the legal notice required to alert them that they have violated Section 8 of Motor Voter. I am working with private citizens across the nation to help ensure that the elections in November aren’t plagued by ineligible voters… …Every two years, states must report to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) information about their voter rolls. The latest report is troubling. South Dakota, Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Indiana report in excess of a dozen counties with more registered voters than living people old enough to vote. Having more voters than living humans tells you something is wrong. In West Virginia, one county reported 113% of the voting age population was registered to vote. Baltimore, Maryland, reported 104% of voting age citizens on the rolls. Iowa and North Carolina also reported counties with more voters than living citizens of voting age. All of these states received a notice letter. Ponce de Leon wasted his time looking for the fountain of youth in Florida — he should have gone to Maryland, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Oregon, or Tennessee. These states report that they didn’t remove a single dead voter from 2006 to 2008 . Some of the dead registered voters were resurrected on election day and cast ballots. These states also received a notice letter. Much more at Election Law Center. Nicole Marrone, another former DOJ attorney, has related reporting at PJM on Philly’s dirty voter rolls. Another swamp in need of do-it-yourself grass-roots draining. *** More from Washington Times: Dead in Ohio, but still voting And much more from Washington Times’ Quin Hilyer : This developing scandal of mystery voters and dead voters resurrects the story about the Justice Department’s own website showing more substantial efforts to help felons reacquire voting privileges – even though the department has no statutory authority to do so – than to help ensure the opportunity for military personnel overseas to have their votes cast and counted on time. From top to bottom, the Justice Department appears to be rigging voting-law enforcement in favor of interest groups usually seen to favor Democratic candidates. If so, the department is aiding and abetting vote fraud. Either way, this a major scandal that shouldn’t be buried.

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Voter rolls: We see dead people. Does the DOJ?