TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Lifting the veil on one of the two remaining Justice Department OIG reports, Murray Waas for the Huffington Post reports that Bradley Scholzman and Hans von Spakovsky have both been subpoenaed to testify about politicization of the Civil Rights Division....
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Lifting the veil on one of the two remaining Justice Department OIG reports, Murray Waas for the Huffington Post reports that Hans von Spakovsky has been subpoenaed by the OIG to testify to politicization of the Civil Rights Division. Investigators...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Well, well. Look who allegedly spent a little time under oath in front of a federal grand jury: it's Mr. Hiding the Sockpuppet , Hans Von Spakovsky . Via Murray Waas : The grand jury has been investigating allegations that a former senior Bush administration appointee in the Civil Rights Division, Bradley Schlozman, gave false or misleading testimony on a variety of topics to the Senate...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
It's been a slow burn at the Hearing on the 2004 Elections at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. With two separate panels, Hans von Spakovsky didn't get around to testifying until 5:00 PM...
Main St. USA (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Congress Keith Ellison opened a can of whoopass on Hans von Spakovsky in a hearing by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, yesterday. He got Hansie to admit that he thought it was OK that a dozen of nuns in their 90s were blocked from voting in Indiana in the primaries. What a firstclass asshole. I hope someone comes up with video,...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The thorn in the FEC's side, Hans von Spakovsky, will be testifying tomorrow in front of the House Judiciary Committee on the 2004 Elections. And who will be joining him? None other than Ohio's controversial former Secretary of State Kenneth...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... lively hearing. More good news: Shameless GOP "voter fraud" zealot and disgraced former FEC chair, Hans Von Spakovsky will also be appearing. He, by invitation of the Republicans on the committee, amusingly enough. What were they thinking in inviting this embarrassment? Beats us, but happy to hear he'll be back on the Congressional hot seat. Thanks Repubs! And then there's the bad...
Election Law (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Hans von Spakovsky has written this piece for the National Review and a longer memorandum on the same subject that appears on the Heritage Foundation site. Here's an excerpt from the Heritage memo:Thousands of non-citizens are registered to vote in...
Blog for Democracy (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Fortunately for democracy, this guy is no longer in any position of authority, but unfortunately, he's still in a position of some influence. Hans von Spakovsky has gone to work for the Heritage Foundation and has just completed a new...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Today's NRO column by Hans Von Spakovsky on voting by non-citizens is an important piece. Voting by illegal immigrants and non-citizens is an issue that doesn't get as much attention as allegations of voter suppression and intimidation. Even many Republican elected officials avoid the issue, yet its dimensions may be sufficient to cause concern for this fall's elections. Hans was...
Election Law (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
... by the Heritage Foundation. The report is written by former recess-appointed FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky, whose troubling record on voting rights caused him to withdraw his name from consideration for a permanent FEC seat. Von Spakovsky's report contains gross distortions and represents an attempt to support a policy agenda that would disenfranchise many U.S. citizens.Truth...
News From Underground (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
> Hullabaloo > > > > Meeting Of The Masterminds > > > > by digby > > > > It looks like Missouri is ground zero for election stealing symposiums this > > summer. Tonight we had the exciting panel with Hans Von Spakovsky and > > starting tomorrow the full fledged RNLA vote suppression summer seminar will > > be taking place featuring many big name Republican election stealers. (I > > particularly...
Later On (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... on that issue as well. One person who has been subpoenaed before the grand jury, sources said, was Hans von Spakovsky, who as a former counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights was a top aide to Schlozman. An attempt to reach Spakovsky for comment for this story was unsuccessful. Continue reading .
Nevada Thunder (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
... on that issue as well. One person who has been subpoenaed before the grand jury, sources said, was Hans von Spakovsky, who as a former counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights was a top aide to Schlozman. An attempt to reach Spakovsky for comment for this story was unsuccessful. Earlier this year, Spakovsky withdrew his name from nomination by President...
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
On Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on "Lessons Learned from the 2004 Presidential Election" at which Hans von Spakovsky provided testimony. The...
