This week, Attorney General Eric Holder was criticized for failing to fully prosecute members of the New Black Panther Party for intimidating voters in 2008. In response, Holder said the details in the case did not come close to the discrimination suffered in the Civil Rights era and any such suggestion was a disservice to “my people”. What did we learn about Holder’s view of the law and how race factors into that view? What can we glean from his handling of the voter intimidation case and his advice to President Obama to stop enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act? Is there a racial bias at the Justice Department? Is there evidence to back up that claim? We discuss it all with J. Christian Adams, a former lawyer in the Justice Department’s civil rights division. He is now with Pajamas Media.
