ePluribus Media article Bush Overloads Civil Rights Commision with GOP members by writer Andrew Brenner illustrates how the Republicans packed this Commission with partisans.
A snapshot of Brenner’s conclusions:
In December 2004, the Bush administration dodged the legal requirement to have no more than four members of one political party on the US Commission on Civil Rights.
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Abigail Thernstrom, who had been appointed to the board as a Republican in 2001, changed her party affiliation to Independent in an attempt to skirt federal regulations.
What do you think? Transparency or Court Packing?
Other contributors to the work are: Jill Lehnert, SusanG, Sue in KY, Biblio, Sawcielackey, Ron Brynaert, JeninRI.
