Administration lawyers argue that only the Justice Department, not the voters, may sue to enforce provisions in the Help America Vote Act.
...in legal briefs filed in connection with cases in Ohio, Michigan and Florida, the administration's lawyers argue that the new law gives Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft the exclusive power to bring lawsuits to enforce its provisions.
LA Times article...in legal briefs filed in connection with cases in Ohio, Michigan and Florida, the administration's lawyers argue that the new law gives Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft the exclusive power to bring lawsuits to enforce its provisions.
How handy is that? AshKKKroft gets the privilege.
"Congress clearly did not intend to create a right enforceable" in court by individual voters, the Justice Department briefs said.
Oh, heavens no! Clearly.
Veteran voting-rights lawyers expressed surprise at the government's action, saying that closing the courthouse door to aspiring voters would reverse decades of precedent.
Surprise? At this government?
Damn. It just never ends. The fall, I mean. Is there no bottom?
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