The Washington Times has a lengthy account of how the Black Panther voter intimidation case came to be dismissed, after Justice Department lawyers had already won the case. Thomas Perrelli, the #3 official at the Justice Department (and a political appointee, of course), made the final decision that a suitable penalty for flagrant voter intimidation was an injunction against doing it again.
(Via the Corner.) (Previous post.)
UPDATE: More here. This keeps smelling worse and worse. (Via the Corner.)
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