Rule of Law » Breaking: Eric Holder Blocks SC Voter ID, Texas Next

Rule of Law » Breaking: Eric Holder Blocks SC Voter ID, Texas Next

If true, then pull the Texas voter ID submission now, tonight, by fax, and go to federal court now, on your terms.

I don’t believe these state officials understand the effect of an objection by the Justice Department. Anybody who has been around these issues regularly, as compared with dabbling in them from time to time, knows the effect of the Scarlet O, the objection.

The first thing that happens is the civil rights industry goes crazy. They hold a victory celebration in the media, and change the litigation environment if the state ever decides to go to court. Secondly, the de novo review is a fiction. People in the civil rights industry, and inside Justice, know that once the attorney general has objected, the rules of the game have changed in any future court fight.

Lawyers in Austin and Columbia might have thought an objection carries zero widgets of weight in a subsequent federal court effort to obtain preclearance. They think a de novo review means a de novo review. Instead, an objection has about 100 widgets of weight – political, public relations, perception weight, and yes, even silent legal weight.

Therein lies the tragedy. Watching these states submit voter identification to the Justice Department, instead of going to court where they can get a more impartial review, reminds me of the Polish horsemen rushing toward German tanks in September 1939. Unlike the brave Polish cavalry, these states actually think they stand a chance.

The way to save Texas voter ID is to withdraw the objection, immediately, and file in federal court on Tuesday. The way to save South Carolina voter ID is to file in court immediately. Stop wasting time with the corrupt leftist bureaucrats at the Justice Department. In case you haven’t read my book Injustice, the people reviewing voter ID literally had Obama campaign posters hanging on their walls at the Justice Department. I have photos of their offices in my book.

There is nothing “honorable” about sacrificing voter integrity on the altar of process. File in court. The law says you can, and there is nothing “dishonorable” about it. Attorney General Eric Holder came to Austin and told you precisely what he was going to do. Don’t give him a chance.

Think it is obvious voter ID should be approved? Think again.

This guy knows what he's talking about, he worked in the department before it was so corrupt.