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Pajamas Media » American Hero: Coates Negates a Year of Justice Department Sp... - 0 views

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civil rights reverse descrimination politics DOJ

shared by Brian R on 26 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • [There is a] deep-seated opposition to the race-neutral enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of whites who have been discriminated against.
  • The opposition within the Voting Section to taking actions on behalf of white voters in Noxubee County, Mississippi, … was widespread.
  • The Deputy Chief who was leading that election coverage asked me: “can you believe that we are going to Mississippi to protect white voters?”
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  • King took offense that I was asking such a question of job applicants and directed me not to ask it again because she does not support equal enforcement of the provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
  • [An attorney told Coates in] no uncertain terms that he had not come to the Voting Section to sue African American defendants. … One of the social scientists who worked in the Voting Section and whose responsibility it was to do past and present research into a local jurisdiction’s history flatly refused to participate in the investigation. On another occasion, a Voting Section career attorney informed me that he was opposed to bringing voting rights cases against African American defendants … until we reached the day when the socio-economic status of blacks in Mississippi was the same as the socio-economic status of whites living there. All of the employees Coates discusses here are still employed by the Civil Rights Division.
  • Brian R on 26 Sep 10
     
    DOJ intentionally drops case against voter intimidation by the black panthers on basis of race
Brian R

Prop. 8 trial: Did animosity drive California's gay marriage ban? - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

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shared by Brian R on 08 Aug 10 - Cached
  • The animus, or animosity, argument is a key part of the federal lawsuit against Prop. 8, because the Supreme Court has ruled that animus against any group is not a constitutional basis for forming laws. That argument was the primary issue on Day 3 of the trial.
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      Brian R on 08 Aug 10
       
      Where does the Federal Gov get authority to decide whether a law is valid based of of the reasoning behind creating such a law that was passed in one of the states?
  • Mr. Tam wrote a letter to Asian-Americans encouraging them to vote in favor of Prop. 8. It said voting for gay marriage was akin to legalizing prostitution and could eventually lead to legalizing underage sex.
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      Brian R on 08 Aug 10
       
      This letter suggests that liberalizing the definition of marriage would or could eventually lead to further liberalizing of the definition of marriage and in no way does it demonstrate an animosity towards gay people as a group. I would have been more likely to suggest that it would lead to the state being required to recognize marriage between 2 or even more people after all, if the argument is that marriage is about love and intimacy who is to say that a marriage between 3 people should be denied that right?
  • Brian R on 08 Aug 10
     
    Article describing arguments to over turn Prop 8
Brian R

American Thinker Blog: Obama Administration Planning to Circumvent Congress on Amnesty - 0 views

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shared by Brian R on 25 Jun 10 - Cached
  • In one of his final moves to fundamentally change how America operates, the Obama Administration appears to be circumventing regular congressional procedures on immigration reform by considering deferred action or parole on a massive scale for the more than ten million illegal aliens in the U.S. Typically these actions are carried out on a case by case basis, but Obama is anything but typical. From Fox News:Numbers USA , an organization that presses for lower immigration levels along with humanitarian treatment of illegal immigrants, has started a petition to the president expressing "outrage" at the alleged plan.  Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations with Numbers USA, said she's been hearing for weeks from "sources close to the Democratic leadership" in both chambers that administration officials are discussing whether the Department of Homeland Security could direct staff to grant "amnesty" for all illegal immigrants in the country.  "They're trying to figure out ways around a vote," she said. [snip] Jenks said illegal immigrants granted parole are often allowed to seek permanent legal status.  The President and his team of progressives see their popularity fading every day, and are cranking their bulldozer into high gear. Granting amnesty to millions of illegals may cause an untenable overload of processing them into the system, but who cares? The administration must complete its goal of collapsing the economy, and dividing the country by the November elections. Nothing like a perfect leftist storm before the Tsunami of 2010.
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