Trump DOJ Signals Shift By Asking For Delay In Texas Voter ID Case

[Jimbo101]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-doj-voter-id-texas

The first sign that President Donald Trump's Justice Department would be shifting its approach to voting rights – specifically towards voter ID laws – came in a motion it filed Friday in a blockbuster case in Texas. The motion asked for a 30-day delay in the proceedings, particularly a hearing scheduled for next week, "to brief the new leadership of the Department on this case and the issues to be addressed at that hearing before making any representations to the Court."

Throughout his confirmation hearings last week, Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Session's (R-AL) defended voter ID laws, which had been the target of a number high profile DOJ-supported lawsuits under then-President Obama's administration.

The Texas voter ID law -- regarded one of the strictest in the nation -- was struck down by a panel of judges on an extremely conservative appeals court over the summer. They said the law had the effect of discriminating against minorities, but sent the case back to a district court to examine whether the law was also passed with an discriminatory intent -- which is the point of the proceedings in which Trump's DOJ is now seeking a delay

[marybourg]

1. The Kakastocracy strikes! nt.

[SharonAnn]

2. The racist strikes! They don't want those darned "other" people voting.

[Mister Ed]

3. Perhaps hoping to delay it until its inevitable appeal is heard by...

...a US Supreme Court in which Trump and the GOP have installed a Scalia clone in the stolen seat.

[Takket]

4. is anyone keeping a running tally of all the shit being pulled on day one??????????

i've lost count!!!!!!!!

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R