Beyond Words: J. Christian Adams Appointed to Pence-Kobach Commission

[Gothmog]

Adams is a tier three law school grad who was illegally hired by von Spakovsky as part of the process to gut the voting rights section of the DOJ. Adams is the complete idiot who pushed the New Black Panther stupidity and is a complete loser but is now a member of the Kobach voter suppression commission http://electionlawblog.org/?p=93726

it is hard to imagine a list of people less credible on the issue of the extent of voter fraud in the United States, and who have done more to raise the scourge of voter fraud as a means to advocate for laws to make it harder for people to register and to vote. This is not a list meant to inspire bipartisan cooperation on fixing election administration. It is assembling a rogues’ gallery of vote suppression.

The only one missing is John Fund. Maybe he’ll be appointed their research director.

There was another Democrat named today, Alan Lamar King of Alabama. Never heard of him, which is the pattern with most of the Democrats on the so-called “bipartisan commission.”

[benld74]

1. This administration really hires the best nt

[Gothmog]

2. BTW, Christian Adams is also counsel to the True the Vote

Adams was far too stupid to be hired by the DOJ and had to leave when competent attorneys took over the DOJ voting rights section At the time he was hired, his law school was a tier three law school and an idiot with his grades would not have been normally hired by the DOJ https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2011/10/03/who-is-j-christian-adams/183411#politicization

Rich said Schlozman asked him to attend an interview with J. Christian Adams, a solo practitioner from Alexandria, Va., who had worked for the Secretary of State in South Carolina. Adams had also volunteered for the Republican National Lawyers Association, a GOP-funded group that sought to draw attention to voting fraud.

Adams did not have an extensive background in civil rights, Rich said, but may have had limited voting rights experience from his time in South Carolina. "He is exhibit A of the type of people hired by Schlozman," Rich said.

Rich said he sat in on the interview, but Schlozman asked most of the questions. There was no discussion of Adams' political background at the meeting, according to Rich. Adams was offered the position shortly thereafter, and Rich said he doesn't believe anyone else was interviewed for the job.

"I was invited to the interview but was never asked for a recommendation," Rich said. "This was an example of the way things were being done. There's no evidence that this was a normal hiring process." As a supervisor, Rich said, he normally would have been involved in hiring decisions. [MainJustice.com, 7/6/10]

[dsc]

3. they are going to name Fund to the commission on marital fidelity

[Gothmog]

4. From Ari Berman

Link to tweet

[maxsolomon]

5. Authoritarian Suppression proceeding apace

things go well, they purge the rolls of millions of reliable Dem voters. they win.

things go poorly, they put up a cloud of Gish Gallop bullshit it takes millions of dollars in legal teams to stop and gets vomited up over and over in the right wing press up through November 2018. all on the public dime. they win.

[Takket]

6. bring it on...........

The ACLU sued their ass today. This is going to end in disgrace for the whole lot of them.

[RandomAccess]

7. Kakistocracy

Kakistocracy - a term meaning a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.

[brer cat]

8. K&R