Merrick Garland One-Ups Eric Holder – WSJ

On Monday that department sued Texas. Again. The complaint claims Texas new redistricting maps violate the Voting Rights Act. Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta accused the state of disregard for the massive minority population growth, and the lawsuit blasts Texas for decade after decade of minority voter repression. The department asks the court to impose its own interim map, presumably one crafted by the Biden administration itself.

The lawsuit comes not long after the department sued Texas and Georgia over their recent voting reforms. The Texas law is the one state Democrats failed to derail, even after decamping to Washington for more than a month. This week s lawsuit also comes three months after Justice sued Texas over its new abortion law, twisting both federal law and the Constitution to bring a case. What Texas Democrats can t do via legislative process, Mr. Garland intends to accomplish through the courts. At this rate, the department might need a Texas Division.

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