Author Topic: Holder takes on Texas over voting laws after court ruling (Read 6472 times)

txradioguy · « **on:** July 25, 2013, 12:33:38 PM »

In a move that drew the ire of Texas officials, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department will ask a San Antonio-based federal court to force Texas to get permission from the federal government before it can make any additional changes to its voting and election laws.

The challenge to Texas' authority comes after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act. The high courtâ€™s 5-4 decision invalidated a rule that singled out certain states, like Texas and North Carolina, and forced them to get Justice Department approval before changing their election rules.

The Voting Rights Act was a major turning point in black Americansâ€™ struggle for equal rights and political power. The court did not unravel the law itself, but questioned the validity of the allegedly outdated criteria used to select which states would be singled out.

Following the decision, Holder had publicly pledged to aggressively use his departmentâ€™s power to block or halt any new state laws it views as discriminatory. He took his first step in that direction on Thursday.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/25/ag-opens-new-front-on-voting-rights-protection/

txradioguy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2013, 12:34:57 PM »

So basically the DoJ now takes the official position of "Screw what the Supreme Court decides WE'LL decide which decisions we will abide by and which we won't."

CG6468 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2013, 12:53:24 PM »

Hey, Holderloose! Eat shit and die!

DefiantSix · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2013, 01:05:44 PM »

Quote from: txradioguy on July 25, 2013, 12:34:57 PM

So basically the DoJ now takes the official position of "Screw what the Supreme Court decides WE'LL decide which decisions we will abide by and which we won't."

The Regime has been ignoring all authority but "it's own" for years now. I'm not certain at all why this latest usurpation should surprise you.

txradioguy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2013, 01:09:13 PM »

Quote from: DefiantSix on July 25, 2013, 01:05:44 PM

The Regime has been ignoring all authority but "it's own" for years now. I'm not certain at all why this latest usurpation should surprise you.

Only surprises me anymore is in the brazen nature they are doing things.

obumazombie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2013, 02:15:34 PM »

Quote from: txradioguy on July 25, 2013, 01:09:13 PM

Only surprises me anymore is in the brazen nature they are doing things.

Unlimited brazenness, unlimited depravity.

thundley4 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2013, 03:43:14 PM »

Why does Holder ignore voter ID laws in liberal states and only goes after the southern states?

Eupher · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2013, 03:50:09 PM »

Quote from: thundley4 on July 25, 2013, 03:43:14 PM

Why does Holder ignore voter ID laws in liberal states and only goes after the southern states?

Because he can.

Hell, if Barry can piss off a federal judge so badly that the judge finds his administration in contempt of court (to wit, oil drilling on the Gulf Coast), there is no telling what the nation's top lawyer can do.

Jeez, I'll bet that Holder could even round up a bunch of firearms and just allow them to walk away into Mexico.

thundley4 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:11:31 PM »

Quote from: Eupher on July 25, 2013, 03:50:09 PM

Because he can.

Hell, if Barry can piss off a federal judge so badly that the judge finds his administration in contempt of court (to wit, oil drilling on the Gulf Coast), there is no telling what the nation's top lawyer can do.

Jeez, I'll bet that Holder could even round up a bunch of firearms and just allow them to walk away into Mexico.

Holder could drop charges against thugs intimidating voters and the press wouldn't care. Can he be sued for violating the equal protection clause since the USSC struck down parts of the voting rights law?

Lacarnut · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:29:31 PM »

Obama and Holder make a racist like Robert Byrd of KKK fame look tame. Both of these a-holes want to punish Texas and the South.

J P Sousa · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:32:48 PM »

Obama is a fake president and Holder is a fake Attorney General.

I guess we can just ignore them...............if only we could....
.

Crazy Horse · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:44:04 PM »

I guess we should get ready here as NC is getting ready to pass voter id.

DefiantSix · « **Reply #12 on:** July 25, 2013, 04:52:57 PM »

Quote from: J P Sousa on July 25, 2013, 04:32:48 PM

Obama is a fake president and Holder is a fake Attorney General.

I guess we can just ignore them...............if only we could....
.

According to Jefferson, your state has a DUTY to ignore unconstitutional federal laws.

Ptarmigan · « **Reply #13 on:** July 25, 2013, 05:53:13 PM »

They hate Texas and the South. The Supreme Court nullified part of the Voter's Right Act.

DefiantSix · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:00:05 PM »

Quote from: Ptarmigan on July 25, 2013, 05:53:13 PM

They hate Texas and the South. The Supreme Court SPECIFICALLY nullified THAT part of the Voter's Right Act.

FIFY.

Ptarmigan · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:06:36 PM »

Quote from: DefiantSix on July 25, 2013, 06:00:05 PM

FIFY.

Thanks.

NHSparky · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:09:32 PM »

Quote from: txradioguy on July 25, 2013, 01:09:13 PM

Only surprises me anymore is in the brazen nature they are doing things.

Because the MSM will cover for them or not report it, and the low-information voters won't care as long as they get "their money" and Obamaphones, etc., from "his" stash.

rich_t · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:40:08 PM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 25, 2013, 06:09:32 PM

Because the MSM will cover for them or not report it, and the low-information voters won't care as long as they get "their money" and Obamaphones, etc., from "his" stash.

BINGO!

DLR Pyro · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2013, 08:22:14 PM »

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Following the decision, Holder had publicly pledged to aggressively use his departmentâ€™s power to block or halt any new state laws it views as discriminatory. He took his first step in that direction on Thursday.

a flagrant abuse of power by the most corrupt AG and administration this Nation has ever seen.

mrclose · « **Reply #19 on:** July 26, 2013, 01:46:29 AM »

Texas Officials, Activists to Holder on Voter ID: If Itâ€™s War You Want, Itâ€™s War Youâ€™ve Got

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is responding quickly and forcefully to Obama Attorney General Eric Holderâ€™s decision to rope Texas back into the Voting Rights Act. The US Supreme Court just struck part of that law down.-snip-The facts are on Abbottâ€™s side. Texas specifically modeled its voter ID law on Indianaâ€™s. That law has already been taken all the way to the US Supreme Court and was upheld. The Texas law enjoys widespread support across all ethnicities in the state. Only the Texas Democrat Party and its allies oppose it.

The Obama administration has been very consistent about opposing laws that buttress election security, and it has been very consistent about punishing states that donâ€™t get in line with Obamaâ€™s radical agenda. Holderâ€™s lawsuit is just another example of both.

The lawsuit comes just after Abbott announced his run for governor. It will give him a major platform from which to oppose Obama and Holder, which will play very well in Texas. Frankly, Abbott was already heavily favored to win. Now heâ€™s all but a lock.

Update: Texas Gov. Rick Perry posted the following statement on his Facebook page.

â€œOnce again, the Obama Administration is demonstrating utter contempt for our countryâ€™s system of checks and balances, not to mention the U.S. Constitution. This end-run around the Supreme Court undermines the will of the people of Texas, and casts unfair aspersions on our stateâ€™s common-sense efforts to preserve the integrity of our elections process.â€

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/25/texas-ag-tweets-at-eric-holder-if-its-war-you-want-its-war-youve-got/

Mr Mannn · « **Reply #20 on:** July 26, 2013, 05:46:58 AM »

Yeah! Stand up to the bullies in the admin. FIGHT.
At least one Republican outside the Tea Party has the guts to say, "NO."

Karin · « **Reply #21 on:** July 26, 2013, 07:16:17 AM »

I was reading an article in the Weekly Standard about the GOP AG's. It quoted Greg Abbott as saying:

"What I really do for fun, is I go into the office and I sue the Obama administration."

ColonelCarrots · « **Reply #22 on:** July 26, 2013, 07:28:18 AM »

I like Texas. I wish Floridumb was like Texas.

Freeper · « **Reply #23 on:** July 26, 2013, 07:42:07 AM »

Quote from: ColonelCarrots on July 26, 2013, 07:28:18 AM

I like Texas. I wish Floridumb was like Texas.

I wish all 57 states were like Texas.

biersmythe · « **Reply #24 on:** July 26, 2013, 08:44:35 AM »

Quote from: Karin on July 26, 2013, 07:16:17 AM

I was reading an article in the Weekly Standard about the GOP AG's. It quoted Greg Abbott as saying:

"What I really do for fun, is I go into the office and I sue the Obama administration."

Yep I like my future GOV.

Quote from: Freeper on July 26, 2013, 07:42:07 AM

I wish all 57 states were like Texas.

If they were our founding fathers might actually recognize the country the founded....including the seven special ones.

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Author Topic: Holder takes on Texas over voting laws after court ruling (Read 6472 times)