Obama's zealous civil rights enforcer gets busy

The Washington Examiner ^ | Aug 6, 2010 | Byron York

[KeyLargo]

Obama's zealous civil rights enforcer gets busy

By: Byron York

Chief Political Correspondent August 6, 2010

Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez addresses the Department of Justice's commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act on July 23, 2010 in Washington, DC.

"I love this job," said Thomas Perez, the hard-charging head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, in a speech last December to the liberal legal group American Constitution Society. "We have a very broad, a very ambitious vision. It's a very exciting vision, and I wake up every morning with a hop in my step."

There's no doubt Tom Perez is hopping a lot these days. Of all the transformations that have taken place in the Obama administration, perhaps none is so radical as that within the Civil Rights Division. Under Perez, it is bigger, richer and more aggressive than ever, with a far more expansive view of its authority than at any time in recent history.

Perez is playing a leading role in the Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law. He is promising a huge increase in prosecution of alleged hate crimes. He vows to use "disparate impact theory" to pursue discrimination cases where there is no intent to discriminate but a difference in results, such as in test scores or mortgage lending, that Perez wants to change.

To do all this, Perez has come up with some novel ideas. For example, in a recent lending discrimination case, he forced the defendant -- who settled the case without admitting any wrongdoing -- to pay not only the alleged victims but to funnel $1 million to unrelated "qualified organizations" to conduct social programs

[KeyLargo]

Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez

[tutstar]

extortion?

[boomop1]

Commie through and through, pecker head will pay when we win in November

[KeyLargo]

“Heading the Civil Rights Division is the opportunity of a lifetime for Perez. A former aide to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, he was an activist and later a councilman in Montgomery County, Md., where he made a name for himself pushing in-state tuition and drivers’ licenses for illegal immigrants. Now, he’s on a much bigger stage.”

[LALALAW]

Except after January, he and Eric Holder are going to find themselves summoned to the Hill repeatedly to answer to the American public. Their revolution IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

[Jacquerie]

This Leftist thug will make for great House testimony next year.

[tutstar]

google Thomas Perez la raza

[wac3rd]

Commie Maggot needs to find work in 28 months when Obie leaves office.

[bvw]

To do all this, Perez has come up with some novel ideas. For example, in a recent lending discrimination case, he forced the defendant -- who settled the case without admitting any wrongdoing -- to pay not only the alleged victims but to funnel $1 million to unrelated "qualified organizations" to conduct social programs

That is EXTORTION.

The DOJ is operating like a syndicate of criminals. Be wary, citizen!

[sergeantdave]

“”I love this job,” said Thomas Perez, the hard-charging head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, in a speech last December to the liberal legal group American Constitution Society. “We have a very broad, a very ambitious vision. It’s a very exciting vision, and I wake up every morning with a hop in my step.”

I have an exciting vision, too.

[celtic gal]

Well that is just what I thought a devil might look like.

[Enchante]

“disparate impact theory”

this is the latest disgusting form of socialist-communist activism

ANYTHING that does not produce “equality of results” due to FREE CHOICES and BEHAVIORS of individuals can be assailed under the left’s “disparate impact theory”

fewer individuals in a certain race or socio-economic category show good credit to get bank loans???

“disparate impact” -— the Dept. of Justice sues and extorts a “settlement”