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Packing the Civil Rights Commission with Republicans

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.

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