December 14, 2011 - 3:24 pm
Eric Holder spoke yesterday about his vigorous enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. Nueces County Texas sued him to have a redistricting plan precleared. I just learned today that Holder’s Justice Department failed to answer the complaint. The deadline was yesterday. Here is motion for default judgment filed by Nueces County Texas.
Dear me! How could the highly competent folks at the DOJ possibly do something that? Can they defend against the motion to dismiss claiming press of other business, or is incompetence on the part of a subordinate (a form of copilot error) a viable defense?
There’s one defense that might just work. Does Holder own a dog?
A stunning combination of arrogance and ignorance on display at the DOJ.
. . . again.
Not completely on topic, but it appears that the US DoJ has been busy sending the Bobbies after Englishmen trying to get to the climatgate whistleblower.
http://climateaudit.org/2011/12/14/police-raid-on-tall-bloke/
This has Michael Mann’s fingerprints all over it. I don’t know what business it is of the US DoJ otherwise.
It wasn’t just Tallblokes Talkshop the DOJ went after. They had WordPress save all records dealing with ClimateAudit and the Air Vent also:
http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/crackdown-shooting-in-the-dark/
Holder not only does a good imitation of Manuel in Fawlty Towers, he does a good job of imitating the incompetent Fawlty himself.
Hmm, I guess Holder was telling the truth when he said he doesn’t read his emails and reports. Shif’less.
Meanwhile, his attorneys are too busy playing video games.
Holder probably sent his response via Mexico as part of his plan to track how Mexican drug gangs smuggle court documents illegally into this country.
Ahhh, the classic leadership challenge, the need to make tough choices in the face of competing priorities.
For example: A) Respond to the legal complaint or B) Attend the DOJ Holiday EXTRAVOGANZAAA.
At least Mark Anthony knew when to fall on his own sword and even made it look sexy….why can’t these guys just do the right thing?
This proves that not all gangsters are competent, despite Hollywood’s many movies claiming otherwise.
Why does anyone think this matters? Court of law? Did GM bondholders get their day in court when the Obama junta stole their money?
When was the last time Congress passed a budget? What’s the legal basis for all the spending the government has been doing since then?
We don’t have to pass a budget to spend money. Oh, sure, there’s that little provision in the Constitution but that’s an old document and never was a law actually passed by Congress. And only congress can pass laws that it must obey.
And then only if the senior congressional leadership agrees to be bound by the new law.
So the law is actually just what we say it is–no more and no less.
Or at least that was how it was when *I* was Speaker. Now that that crybaby from Ohio is Speaker, the law is whatever Barack says it is. Executive Orders are really the most efficient way to govern.