Posted on 12/20/2009 1:02:08 PM PST by tobyhill
The United States Civil Rights Commission, an eight-member agency that investigates accusations of discrimination, has launched a new offensive against a most unusual target: the Justice Department.
The commission is investigating why the Justice Department dropped charges in May against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in a voter intimidation case that the government won.
The Justice Department has defended its actions, saying it obtained an injunction against one member while dismissing charges against the others "based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law."
But that explanation hasn't satisfied the commission or Republican lawmakers, who say the dismissal could lead to an escalation of voter intimidation.
Three members of the radical group were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force in November 2008 -- one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon.
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Please tell me this isn’t satire.
Time to start the fire under the tar bucket.
“The commission is investigating why the Justice Department dropped charges in May against three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in a voter intimidation case that the government won.”
WHY? Because the goons were black !
This will wind up being for show. The “commission” will find nothing wrong and the “Justice” dept. will collect a phony vindication.
If the Union Thugs and “Civil Rights” Groups want to keep acting like animals then we’ll treat them like animals.
Now that they have shown their hand this will be dealt with much more decisively by conservative voters the next time.
I think this is a fight Obama didn’t expect to have.
Yup. I think our child like communists King is in for a rude awaking and it is not far off.
To say that i don't trust this Justice department, or my current government, is a monumental understatement.
Reminds me of the "science" results of Global Warming, where the criminals define the terms, do the studies, peer review each other, and prevent any impartial group or individuals access to the reasoning and legality of the process.
It is a sham and a crime in itself.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Here's where it gets tricky. The "Progressives," the anrchist and the internal enemies of the Constitution discovered that, once grabbing the reins of ultimate power, there ano no safeguards to abuse of power under color of authority.
It works flawlessly, and a practical solution is still to be found.
The founders never imagined that such a universal culture of corruption was possible, evidently.
They were wrong.
If our "elected" representatives are corrupt, and they control the election and qualification processes, as well as the qualifications for voters, what solution is left?
Not if a single individual, in the right position to do so, has the courage to demand a thorough explanation and details about the "based on a careful assessment of the facts and the law." statement.
Verbal assertions are not worth the paper that they're written on!
Isn't transparency wonderful?
I hope they hang Holder out to dry on this one. He has been obstructing justice since the Clinton Administration.
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., announced Thursday that he had inserted language into the annual Justice funding bill that requires the OPR to provide results of its investigation -- a resolution that has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee and must be voted on within 14 legislative days.September, as in Semtember next year? What a joke!"I regret that Congress must resort to oversight resolutions as a means to receive information about the dismissal of this case, but the Congress and the American people have a right to know why this case was not prosecuted," Wolf said in a written statement.
"Time and again over the last year, the department has stonewalled any effort to learn about the decision to dismiss the case," he continued. "I have written Attorney General (Eric) Holder on six occasions asking for an explanation for the dismissal of this case. To date, I have received no response from him."
The commission feels it is being stonewalled, too, and has filed subpoenas with the department for the information as well as to interview career attorneys that handled the case.
"They've never given a satisfactory answer," said Todd Gaziano, a member of the commission and director of the conservative Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. "There is a heavy burden on the Justice Department to explain why those facts in the complaint do not constitute voter intimidation."
When asked about the commission's repeated requests for information, Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said, "We're reviewing the commission's request."
She told FoxNews.com that the civil division at the department reviews "these types of requests in accordance with longstanding guidelines governing the disclosure of internal department information."
The commission is likely to hold a public hearing on the case early next year and could have a report out by September, Gaziano said.
what solution is left
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you know the answer to that question.
The Commission is right. If the deterrent effect of prosecution is not used in this case, then the perpetrators and their cadres will be emboldened, and they will show up at many more polling stations, doing the same thing, AND that will result in many of them getting shot or beaten by voters.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO PROSECUTE THEM, before the whole thing escalates and gets out of hand and violent.
But Wait Wait, don’t tell me! Obama and Holder WANT the violence! Why?
All too easy an answer
as a convenient excuse to crack down on “right wing” domestic “terrorist groups”, or as a device to employ to summarily invalidate elections where the results are counter to goals of their revolution...
A.A.C.
In fact, that's what we need in Mississippi. In Mississippi we need a Mau Mau. In Alabama we need a Mau Mau. In Georgia we need a Mau Mau. Right here in Harlem, in New York City, we need a Mau Mau.
Its of considerable historic interest that the violent radical inheritance of Malcolm XX, the Weathermen, and the Symbionese Liberation Front is in the White House while the progenitors of Martin Luther Kings view of non violence are allied with the freak show called the Rainbow Coalition and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton.
The end of the Obama Junta may be none the less tragic, but it also threatens to suck in a wide portion of America.
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