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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