He does make some good points...

http://michigancitizen.com/naacp-fin...m-voting-case/


NAACP finds hope in judge assigned to EM voting case

DETROIT —“Bold” is how NAACP attorney Melvin “Butch” Hollowell described Federal District Court Judge Paul D. Borman, assigned to hear the voting rights case brought by the Detroit Chapter of the NAACP to end the Emergency Manager law, Public Act 436.

Hollowell, speaking at the Chapter’s General Membership meeting held May 23 at MGM Grand, said Borman was the judge who granted an injunction to welfare recipients who were cut off of aid by Gov. Rick Snyder. Borman ruled the recipients had a right to appeal their dismissals. It was a ”bold” ruling, Hollowell said...

...Finally, Hollowell said, due to past discrimination in voting, Michigan is one of 16 states under jurisdiction of section five of the civil right act. Accordingly, any change in voting has to get prior justice department approval. The state didn’t do that, he said.

Proposal One on the November ballot gave voters a chance to speak on emergency mangers. Fifty-four percent of Michigan voters rejected emergency management, yet five weeks later in a lame duck session lawmakers passed a new emergency manager law.

“In their haste to pass the new law, they forgot to get federal approval,” Hollowell said.