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turbinetree

(24,709 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:27 AM Mar 2020

Trump's DOJ Has Not Filed A Single New Voting Rights Act Case

Even Republican administrations before Trump found ways to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

By Tierney Sneed
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March 5, 2020 9:32 a.m.

The apparent refusal of President Trump’s Justice Department to engage in any meaningful, public enforcement of the Voting Rights Act has taken Republicans’ general hostility to the law to a whole new level.


The DOJ has not filed a single new Voting Rights Act case since the Trump administration took over — setting it apart from the last several administrations, Republican and Democratic.

While it did some litigating of cases under other election laws in the first half of the administration, the Justice Department’s Voting Section has not brought any new cases since 2018.

The current dry spell in DOJ voting rights enforcement is unprecedented, according to the DOJ’s own public record and what former voting section officials told TPM.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trumps-doj-has-not-filed-a-single-new-voting-rights-act-case

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Trump's DOJ Has Not Filed A Single New Voting Rights Act Case (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2020 OP
The most racist administration ever. gademocrat7 Mar 2020 #1
Kick dalton99a Mar 2020 #2
I bet Barr will bring a bullshit VRA case on behalf of white voters, like Dubya's DOJ did. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #3

SunSeeker

(51,578 posts)
3. I bet Barr will bring a bullshit VRA case on behalf of white voters, like Dubya's DOJ did.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:52 AM
Mar 2020

You can rest assured Barr will never sue to protect voters of color.

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