I wonder if Bloomberg thinks the Justice Department should just violate the law. The law is written the way it is for a reason. It is the compromise reached by the legislative process.
I would wager that the many of the ones who are kvetching about this compromise are the same ones who are demanding we swallow Comprehensive Immigration Reform in one gulp.
It makes no sense that Rhode Island should have has many Senators as California, except that without that compromise there would be no Rhode Island, no California and no Senate.
“I wonder if Bloomberg thinks the Justice Department should just violate the law.”
No, Bloomberg simply thinks that if he were appointed King for Life of the United States, and allowed to tear up the constitution, we would all be a happier - and more pacified - nation of sheeple.
That was pretty much my take on the thing as well. Much like when legislators sell some vast expansion of government power as necessary to combat the bogeyman du jour (drunk driving, child molestation, people getting high, etc.), then the state uses the resulting powers on everyone else as well.