The New York Times‘ Charlie Savage got his hands on a new Government Accountability Office report that finds the Bush administration had a “significant drop in the enforcement of several major anti-discrimination and voting rights laws” compared to the Clinton administration. There has long been anecdotal evidence that the Bush Justice Dept. Civil Rights Division wasn’t enforcing the Voting Rights Act — here is the first proof that cases were significantly down.

How is the Civil Rights Division faring under Obama? New division head Thomas E. Perez says there’s a rise in enforcement. But Perez has only been on the job for a month — as is their wont, the Senate had a hold on the Perez nomination for six months.

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