Vote suppression in Nevada and the Civil Rights Act: "No matter how often the Republicans and their Echo Chamber repeat the mantra that 'The president can hire and fire U.S. attorneys at will,' IF some, any, of those attorneys were fired for not cooperating with the vote suppression activities of the RNC, then someone -- probably in the U.S. Department of Justice -- could be in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 241. [DK] More evidence is coming to light that the problem may not only reside in the Department of Justice, but spills out over the activities of the Republican National Committee, the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign, and perhaps even some prominent Nevadans. The Civil Rights Act, that may have been arguably violated, is quite clear:
'If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same;... They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;...' [USDoJ]
'...in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution ...' as in the Right to Vote. "............
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