That Was Then, This Is Now

EXCLUSIVE: No. 3 at Justice OK'd Panther reversal - Washington Times: "Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, was consulted and ultimately approved a decision in May to reverse course and drop a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters in Philadelphia during November's election, according to interviews.

The department's career lawyers in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who pursued the complaint for five months had recommended that Justice seek sanctions against the party and three of its members after the government had already won a default judgment in federal court against the men.

Front-line lawyers were in the final stages of completing that work when they were unexpectedly told by their superiors in late April to seek a delay after a meeting between political appointees and career supervisors"

Remember the endless hearings and hoopla over the Bush Justice Department exercising the President's prerogative to replace District Attorneys (political appointees)? Knowing how sensitive Congress is about politicization of Justice department decision-making, we can expect there to be twice as many hearings to investigate Obama political appointees over-ruling the advice of career Justice lawyers in a politically-charged case.

Right.