The governor of Maryland is asking President Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) to help him in his crusade – against his own state.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to file a lawsuit against Maryland in order to combat what the governor sees as "far more egregious civil-rights violations than in Texas," claiming that its Democratic-controlled legislature violated the Voting Rights Act with its newly drawn congressional districts.

The fight over Maryland's gerrymander comes after the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Texas over its newly drawn congressional districts, arguing that the Republican-controlled legislature's new map violates the Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising minority voters.
 

"In announcing the Texas lawsuit, Mr. Garland argued that ‘a core principle of our democracy is that voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around,’" Hogan wrote in a Friday column. "He’s right. The attorney general should sue Maryland, too."