Posted by Tina
The antique media won’t report this so it is left to others. Thankfully J. Christian Adams at PJ Media Rule of Law blog is on the case.
A Federal Court has ruled that the DOJ must reimburse South Carolina in the amount of $3,500,000.00 for expenses it incurred in the politically driven legal attack waged against their voter ID law prior to the election:
A federal court has ruled that South Carolina was the prevailing party in the unnecessary Voter ID litigation, and therefore the Justice Department is liable for paying the state’s costs. South Carolina spent $3,500,000 to obtain federal court approval of the state’s Voter ID law as non-discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit was made necessary only because of the political and ideological radicalism of Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez and his deputy Matthew Colangelo.
PJ Media had this exclusive report detailing that career Voting Section employees, including Voting Section Chief Chris Herren, recommended that the Voter ID law be approved in the first place by DOJ after a careful written analysis inside the Voting Section. Documents prepared by the career staff urged Perez and Colangelo to grant administrative approval to the South Carolina Voter ID law — but they refused. Their refusal was, in part, designed to energize a moribund political base heading into the 2012 election. The cost to the American taxpayers for their stunt will be significant.
Follow the link to PJ Media for the link to the “exclusive report”.
This is yet another example of the dirty tricks this administration and its minions use to further their goal to fundamentally transform our nation. This was a blatant attack designed to induce racial fear. Heads should roll but we cannot count on the media to expose dirty tricks of the leader of the Democrat Party and we cannot, therefore, depend on the American people to vote this administration out of office. Hell, we cannot even depend on many republicans who join the administration in putting the onus for the nations problems at the feet of the republican party, the conservative wing, the tea party…any entity other than the democrats in power.
It would be refreshing if we could hold individuals responsible when corruption and criminality invade our system. That only works, however, when the sword of justice cuts indiscriminately and without prejudice. There is little evidence to suggest that Democrats are held to account for their devious, contemptible, and at times criminal methods.
Change will not come until this particular field is leveled.
Hopefully, this is the first in a long line of slapdowns by the courts for the clown AG and his idiotic voter ID stance.
The idea that photo ID NOT be required when voting is ridiculous.