Mon May 21, 2007 at 04:17:17 PM EST
Adam Lambert, with ePluribus Media researchers, takes a look at Robert Popper, a Special Litigation Counsel in the Voting Section of the Justice Department in his article Voter Rights: Is Robert Popper the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?. Popper was appointed at the beginning of 2006 during the wave of new hires that replaced attorneys who were allegedly forced out because they were not "loyal partisans" and replaced by members of organizations such as the Republican National Lawyers Association and Federalist Society.
Ironically, Popper has been involved in at least a half-dozen cases which purportedly tried to accomplish exactly the opposite of guaranteeing the rights of those he has been charged with protecting.
Read the entire profile Voter Rights: Is Robert Popper the Fox Guarding the Henhouse? and then come back here to discuss!
For the earlier stories in this series on the dismantling of the Voting Rights section, jump below the fold.
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- To see how orchestrated this assault has been, read the first in the seriesThe Voting Rights Act, Voter Disfranchisement and the Tail Wagging the Dog
- The second in the series looks at John Tanner, the new Section Chief who is at the helm as the section flips 180 degrees in its enforcement of voting rights. Resurrecting Jim Crow: The Erratic Resume of the Voting Section Chief
- The third article looks at the Dismantling Voting Rights Enforcement.
Read the fourth article by Adam Lambert in the series Is Robert Popper the Fox Guarding the Henhouse? and then come back here to discuss!
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