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In news that is sure to slow the momentum of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, the Post has a front page story this morning about how lawyers at the Department of Justice believe that the measure is unconstitutional. An unpublished opinion from the department's Office of Legal Counsel was apparently rejected by Attorney General Eric Holder, who instead asked the solicitor general's office to weigh whether the government could defend the legislation if it was challenged in court. It could, states the article.

Amazing. The Justice Department announced this morning that it will be dropping all charges against former Sen. Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens. Attorney General Eric Holder said that prosecutors improperly withheld evidence from Stevens' attorneys during his trial, in which he was convicted on seven felony corruption charges. Stevens had appealed his case, but due to these embarrassing revelations, the Justice Department now won't even seek a new trial for the former Alaska senator. NPR's Nina Totenberg first reported the story this morning, noting that Holder made the decision to put an end to the Stevens case late yesterday.