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Merrick Garland announced a "Hail, Mary" lawsuit challenging Texas' redistricting map that seems more focused on whipping up the Democrat base for the 2022 Congressional elections than any legal principle recognized in the United States.
Interest in florida litigation explaining among other things, that private parties can bring claims to enforce the voting rights act. in all of these matters, we have carefully assessed the facts and the law before taking action. i am grateful to the dedicated staff of the voting section for their work today, and every day, to protect the right of all eligible citizens to vote. before i conclude, i want to again urge congress to restore the justice department's preclearance authority. were that preclearance tool still in place, we would likely not be here today announcing this complaint. i wil...
S. 4/H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, would give liberal bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the power to veto changes of polling place locations, voter ID and registration requirements, and the boundary lines in redistricting in every single state.
Former Labor Secretary and racist Tom Perez won the position of DNC Chair. He is Barack Obama's choice. This is a good time to remember how Perez wanted to label Bernie Sanders a racist.
Policing and stopping unlawful discrimination. this year we doubled the size of the civil rights division's voting section and our fy22 budget seeks the largest ever increase for the division totaling more than 15%. we have appointed department wide coordinators for our hate crimes work and we have stepped up our support for the community relations service and the department wide efforts to advance environmental justice and tackle climate change. revitalizing and expanding work to insure equal access to justice. we look forward to working with congress to restore a stand alone access to justic...