A Split At Justice On D.C. Vote Bill
1st April 2009
Justice Department lawyers concluded in an unpublished opinion earlier this year that the historic D.C. voting rights bill pending in Congress is unconstitutional, according to sources briefed on the issue. But Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who supports the measure, ordered up a second opinion from other lawyers in his department and determined that the legislation would pass muster.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
Of course, if the Bush administration had done something like this, both Congress and the media would be screaming “Politicization! Partizanship!” for the next ten years. But it’s the Obama Nation, so that’s all right then.