WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department plans to ask a federal court to reinstate its authority over voting laws in Texas, part of a new Obama administration strategy to challenge state and local election laws it says discriminate by race, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday.

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-justice-holder-20130725,0,4752066.story

I think Justice's case is pretty strong here.

that should move it quickly.

They have already passed these laws and they need to be stopped from implementing them.

Before Shelby County v. Holder, states had to be pre-cleared based on their conditions in 1967 (yes, really). Now DoJ has to ask individually for a given state to require pre-clearance.

In fact, pretty much every state with a Republican legislature and governor needs to be braced up sharp....

Hopefully this will help in their effort...or not.

Only the Federals can be trusted in such matters in those states.

See What Tom Delay wrought here in Texas for example.

Texas. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Thursday that the Justice Department would challenge Southern states, starting with Texas, that immediately moved to enact or enforce new restrictive voting laws after the Supreme Court overturned a key part of the Voting Rights Act last month. In a speech to the National Urban League in Philadelphia, Holder said that he planned to subject Texas, the first state to jump at the chance to impose new voter-ID and redistricting laws, to “preclearance” requirements. “Even as Congress considers updates to the Voting Rights Act in light of the court’s ruling, we plan, in the meantime, to fully utilize the law’s remaining sections to subject states to preclearance as necessary,” Holder said. “My colleagues and I are determined to use every tool at our disposal to stand against such discrimination wherever it is found.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-to-challenge-states-voting-rights-laws/2013/07/25/c26740b2-f49b-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPN_p

Battleground Texas is getting fired up with many determined to stop the regressives.

Great news

It's about damn time for the Department of Justice to protect the rights of Americans! While the Supreme Court may have struck down the "map" we still have law and avenues to address ANY state, city, or county for restricting the rights of voters. And it's not just the federal government, ordinary citizens can also file complaints too!

I hope the racist politicians wake up to the fact that they will face their day on court for their unAmerican activities - not to mention the millions they will have to pay in court fees to defend their despicable, wrongheaded acts.