There are no limits to Holder's disrespect for the rule of law

Washington Examiner Editorial:

It is hard to tell what is more disturbing about Attorney General Eric Holder's July 25 speech to the National Urban League in Philadelphia: That the nation's top cop openly vowed to do something the Supreme Court said just last month was unconstitutional or that the announcement elicited barely a peep out of the mainstream media. Holder said he would ignore the court's Shelby County v. Holder ruling on the Voting Rights Act, at least concerning Texas. That means the Lone Star State will continue to have to submit any changes to its voting procedures -- including everything from how districts are drawn to voter-ID requirements -- to Holder's Department of Justice for prior approval. That is, the very requirement the court ruled impermissible under the Constitution.

Technically, DOJ would employ a different provision of the Voting Rights Act that permits preclearance requirements if the department finds a state has violated the 14th or 15th Amendments. But there is little doubt Holder was making an end-run around the court ruling. "My colleagues and I are determined to use every tool at our disposal to stand against discrimination," he said, adding that "these remaining tools are no substitute for legislation that must fill the void left by the Supreme Court's decision."

It is a wonder that Holder even bothers to say that congressional legislation would be helpful. It is not as though he has shown any more deference to the legislative branch of government than to the judicial. This is, after all, the same man who perjured himself before Congress regarding his knowledge of the Fast and Furious program earned him a well-deserved Contempt of Congress vote in June 2012.
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Holder is easily the worst AG since Watergate.  He and President Obama have shown a disregard for the rule of law on many issues and this is just the latest.  This is about pandering to racial greviance mongers and is not about the law or what is really happening in Texas.  Holder has shown himself ignorant of the facts on the ground in Texas and even gave a speech praising Lyndon Johnson on voter integrity when in fact, Johnson won his first senate race with fraudulent ballots.   There is zero evidence that Texas discriminates against minority groups and the most recent manipulations of the districts by the courts discriminated against Republican Hispanics.