A big thank you to Eric Holder and the Justice Department!

[mucifer]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Attorney General Holder Statement on Federal Court Ruling Against Texas Voter Identification Law
Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement late Thursday after a federal district court ruled in favor of the Justice Department's lawsuit against Texas' voter identification law:

"We are extremely heartened by the court's decision, which affirms our position that the Texas voter identification law unfairly and unnecessarily restricts access to the franchise. Even after the Voting Rights Act was seriously eroded last year, we vowed to continue enforcing the remaining portions of that statute as aggressively as possible. This ruling is an important vindication of those efforts.

"We are also pleased that the Supreme Court has refused to allow Wisconsin to implement its own restrictive voter identification law.

"This Department will never yield in its commitment to protecting that most sacred of Americans' rights - the right to vote."

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-holder-statement-federal-court-ruling-against-texas-voter-identification-law

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Yes - thank you Eric Holder!

which affirms our position that the Texas voter identification law unfairly and unnecessarily restricts access to the franchise. Even after the Voting Rights Act was seriously eroded last year, we vowed to continue enforcing the remaining portions of that statute as aggressively as possible. This ruling is an important vindication of those efforts.

I can't speak for all people on the left - but I think for many black Americans - myself included . . .

He will be remembered for holding the line. We WILL pass down his legacy to our children -whether any other groups in the Democratic base like it or not.

Yeah - I'm petulant - but I'm brown. They are gunning for me - so I have a right to be.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Excellent news! K&R! eom

[kelliekat44]

3. Now, if only the true left would give him and the Presidient applause for this...but they won't and

the media will push this news as a strike against state's rights just to keep the crazed RW happy.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. LOL! Never gonna happen!

[MineralMan]

4. Holder, who will soon be leaving, has done a number

of very good things. This is among them. He has my thanks.

[malaise]

5. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

He's not very popular here

[Scuba]

6. Holder deserves credit for this. Kudos Eric.

[Gothmog]

7. AG Holder and the DOJ did a tremendous job in this case

The DOJ provided many of the key expert witnesses and did a great deal of work in this case

[freshwest]

9. +1