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  • Dem Civil Rights Leader: Limit College Free Speech Because Kids Can’t Process It

    08/03/2014 3:28:48 PM PDT · by PoloSec · 27 replies
    Independent Journal Review ^ | August 3 2014 | Jennifer Van Laar
    A Democrat U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner made a rambling argument suggesting that certain speech should be outlawed on college campuses. According to The Daily Caller, Michael Yaki, also a former senior adviser to Nancy Pelosi (shocking), made his comments during a briefing last week. The civil rights commissioner said he favors outlawing speech that would be grossly unpopular, such as “a slave auction at a fraternity engagement” or a celebration of Latino culture that involves “making everyone dress as janitors and mop floors.” Are parties like that such a big problem on campuses? (No.) On occasion, a poorly-thought-out themed event...
  • With DOJ Stonewalling on New Black Panthers Case, Civil Rights Commission Asks for Expanded Powers

    08/16/2010 10:37:18 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 2 replies
    Pajamas Media ^ | August 16, 2010 | Richard Pollock
    The continuing DOJ refusal to allow attorney Christopher Coates to testify on the case results in a heated Commission hearing. In an explosive and raucous hearing on August 13, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted 5-3 to officially ask Congress to expand its investigatory powers. This action came as a result of U.S. Justice Department stonewalling regarding the dismissal of a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party.The commission meeting was dominated by discussion of the DOJ’s continued muzzling of career attorney Christopher Coates, who was head of the DOJ Voting Rights section when the...