North Carolina Hires One Of America’s Most Expensive Attorneys To Defend Voter Suppression

North Carolina has called in the big guns to try to restore a comprehensive voter suppression law that was gutted by a federal appeals court. Paul Clement is one of the best lawyers in the nation. A former Solicitor General of the United States, Clement has spent much of the Obama administration transforming himself into a kind of Solicitor General of the Republican Party. Clement has argued cases seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act, preserve anti-gay marriage discrimination, defend harsh policies targeting immigrants, and preserve other voter suppression laws. His presence on a case is often a clear sign that the nation’s conservative establishment views it as a very high priority....
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