Civil Rights Division
Events (13)
- December 12, 2003: Justice Department Lawyers Find Texas Redistricting Plan Unconstitutional, Senior Officials Overrule Judgment 2003-12-12
- March 3-24, 2005: Justice Department Receives Request to Investigate ‘Voting Irregularities’ in 2004 Election in Washington State 2005-03-03
- June 29, 2005: Voting Rights Section Chief Writes Four-Page Letter Defending Disparity in Voting Machines among White and Black Voters in Ohio County 2005-06-29
- November 25, 2005: Voting Rights Head Claims Georgia Voter ID Law Not Discriminatory 2005-11-25
- December 5, 2005: Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses DOJ of Partisan Political Decision in Texas Redistricting Approval 2005-12-05
- December 10, 2005: Voting Rights Section in Justice Department Bars Staff Attorneys from Making Recommendations in Voting Rights Decisions 2005-12-10
- April 26, 2007: Justice Department Reverses Civil Rights Division’s Political Hiring Practices 2007-04-26
- August 2004: Civil Rights Officials Engage in Racist Banter
- 2005: Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Supports ‘Jim Crow’-Style Voting Law
- 2006: Civil Rights Division Supports Attempt by Christian Group to Hold Worship Services in Public Library
- 2006: Civil Rights Division Says University Discriminating against White Males
- Fall 2002 and After: Bush Administration Politicizes Civil Rights Division to Favor Whites, Christians, Conservatives
- Spring 2007: Congress Opens Investigation into Civil Rights Division’s Hiring of Conservative Ideologues