Eric Holder Was Correct on D.C. Voting Rights and the Office of Legal Counsel

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The leftist power machine in Washington has decided to take away a provision of our Constitution - Art. 1, sec. 2 which clearly says States have the right to representatives in the House. States, not districts, not possessions, just States.
If they get away with eliminating this provision, which one will they take away from us next? Americans should be very concerned about losing any part of our Constitution without a fight. Those who vote for this bill should be impeached.

Tony Petros of CT 8:52AM May 10, 2009

Why do you think Bush pressured the OLC? Why would he have to? The head of the OLC is a political appointee, and John Yoo, the lower-down lawyer who wrote the memo, had an expansive view of executive power without needing pressure. I've never heard that the White House used promises or threats with them.
The opposition to the torture memo was from, I gather, some of the civil service attorneys at the OLC. I don't see why their opinions should get higher weight than that of a Berkeley professor on leave in their office.

Eric Rasmusen of IN 10:01PM April 09, 2009

Given this administrations penchant for NEWSPEAK vocabulary, I don't see why they don't just rename the Voting Rights bill to FREEDOM ACT FOR AMERICANS and allow district residents to wherever they please/whenevr they please. With no deadlines or boundaries, residents could vote for any president or senator past or present. After all, EVERY VOTE MUST COUNT.

VoteNot of MD 10:48AM April 03, 2009