Representative Lamar Smith Issues Oversight Letter

After two years with no oversight from the socialist Democrats the DOJ and Eric Holder will now answer for the corruption in the DOJ.  Holder's strategy of stonewalling during the first two years of Barack Obama's term may have backfired.  Had Holder been forthcoming while Democrats were in the majority, he might have been able to soften the blows; Smith is not about to pull his punches.

The first oversight letter from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) has been issued to the Justice Department. While he was in the minority, Smith labored, largely unsuccessfully, on the committee to convince the Democratic chairman to investigate a range of issues, including detainee policy and New Black Panther Party case. He now has the authority to schedule hearings, call witnesses and subpoena documents.

In the five-page letter, Smith notes that there has been "little oversight" as to how the civil rights division has used its budget increases ($22 million in FYI 2010 and $17 million requested in FYI 2011) and why the need for some 164 new positions.

Representative Smith notes that in the New Black Panther Party case investigation, it came to light that a political appointee, Julie Fernandes, directed Justice Department attorneys "not to bring cases against black defendants for the benefit of white victims."

He then details allegations by former Justice Department attorney J. Christian Adams that the department declined to enforce the National Voter Registration Act and its provisions relating to "voter integrity."

After reciting the evidence concerning Fernandes's statements and her expressed hostility toward enforcing the NVRA, Smith concludes, "Allegations that the Civil Rights Division has engaged in a practice of race-biased enforcement of voting rights law must be investigated by the Committee."

Administration flacks and liberal bloggers have insisted that the New Black Panther Party case is much to do about nothing.   Smith though has correctly discerned, the issue of enforcement or non-enforcement of civil rights laws based on a non-colorblind view of those laws is serious and a potentially explosive issue for this administration.

Smith is demonstrating the sort of restraint and big-picture focus that is essential to clean up the corruption of Obama and his administration.  The Republicans if they are to remain credible and demonstrate their capacity for governance have a lot more to do.

Thank you, Representative Smith for taking the first step in eliminating the Obama corruption.

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