On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
the duty of the Justice Department is to defend statutes that have been passed by Congress, unless there is some very compelling reason not to.
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Holder states the Justice Department's obligation to uphold Congressional statutes.
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This is about a racial gerrymandering case in Alabama that violates Section II of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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This is a slam dunk. I mean, this is not -- this should not be a difficult case to resolve. This is a classic Section 2 violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crown jewel of the civil rights movement.
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