EDITORIAL: Perez's positions give pause - Advocate for illegals is dicey choice for Justice

The Washington Times ^ | 18 September 2009 | Editorial

[Bob017]

Sometimes there is more than one good reason for a slowdown. That's the case when it comes to Thomas E. Perez, the nominee to head the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

Mr. Perez is the Maryland secretary of labor. His resume -- two graduate degrees from Harvard University and a previous staff role in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department -- looks solid on paper. But several published reports have said that Republicans have slowed Mr. Perez's nomination in protest of the Obama administration's dismissal of already-won voter-intimidation cases against agents of the New Black Panther Party. Those reports may or may not be entirely accurate. Either way, that's not the only reason to hesitate before confirming Mr. Perez.

[FlingWingFlyer]

His connections with BIG labor would suggest to me that he’s going to be raking in some big bucks if he gets this “civil rights” gig. I wish I could get a job like this.

[dsc]

“His resume — two graduate degrees from Harvard University and a previous staff role in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department —”

— should see him banished to the Gobi Desert for the rest of his life.

[GnuHere]

You mean, kinda like all the czars?

[dsc]

“You mean, kinda like all the czars?”

I confess that I haven’t taken a hard look at all of them, but you’re probably right.

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