It may sound like a cringe-inducing situation comedy. But it’s actually just the Bush administration Justice Dept. in its twilight. Hans Von Spakovsky, who as a Justice Dept. official pushed like his very livelihood depended on it for a Georgia voter ID law expected to disenfranchise the elderly, poor and racial minorities, is back. Von Spakovksy has accepted a two-month position as special assistant at the Justice Dept’s U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

The Washington Post’s Darryl Fears reports that Von Spakovsky was considered a good hire because Commissioner Todd F. Gaziano worked with him at the Heritage Foundation.

Von Spakovsky was last in the public eye in May when he stepped down as a nominee for a spot on the Federal Election Commission. Democratic Senators — and people who had to work with him at the Justice Dept. — fiercely opposed his nomination because of a dubious civil rights record. Now Von Spakovsky has a plum opportunity to add to that record.-MB

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