King of Zembla: Both Their Houses

Via Zemblan patriot D.R.B.: We recently came across two items at Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo. Both make us want to puke on our shoes. The question we are unable to resolve is, which one makes us want to puke on our shoes worse?

1.) These are the people who rule us:

A week ago it was reported that Justice Department lawyers had concluded at the time that the DeLay redistricting plan of 2003 violated the Voting Rights Act, but that senior DOJ officials overruled that finding and okayed DeLay's plan anyway.