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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

With Bipartisan Balance Restored, Civil Rights Commission Will Examine Bullying Of LGBT Students

Ryan J. Reilly | April 19, 2011, 12:15PM


Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Roberta Achtenberg and Michael Yaki, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Following a Bush-era move to stack the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights with conservatives, the bipartisan balance of the commission has officially been restored. Democratic appointees on the commission are planning to drastically change the direction of the federal agency, which while under conservative control spent nearly a year and a half examining the Obama administration's handling of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case.

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

New White House Picks (Almost) Rebalance Civil Rights Commission

Ryan J. Reilly | January 27, 2011, 11:45AM


Roberta Achtenberg and Marty R. Castro

President Barack Obama on Wednesday appointed two new commissioners to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a federal agency best know recently for its partisan focus on investigating the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case. The White House's move will rebalance what was intended to be a bipartisan panel which came under conservative control thanks to a move during the Bush administration to "game" the system.

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Topics: Bush Administration, Civil Rights Commission, Commission On Civil Rights, Department of Justice, LGBT, Marty R. Castro, Michael Yaki, New Black Panthers, Obama Administration, Roberta Achtenberg, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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