Posted on 12/05/2001 3:00:31 PM PST by Howlin
Brit Hume reports that Mary Frances Berry, chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, is refusing to acknowledge the Bush White House's latest appointment to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
Ms. Berry sent a letter to the White House Counsel, Al Gonzales, saying that if they do intend to send the nominee to the meeting tomorrow, they best send along the U.S. Marshalls to seat him, as she will not allow it.
Fox reports that the term of one of the Democrats has expired and President Bush is exercising his right to appoint a member of his choice. The Panel on Hume's show said that this has NEVER been done before; that when someone is appointed to fill a term that hasn't been expired, when the term expires, the person leaves the committe. They also report that the woman who is being removed from the commmittee plans to show up tomorrow with a civil rights attorney and claim that she should get a full six year term, not just complete somebody else's.
Ms. Berry contends that the person leaving the committee was appointed for six years, not just to fulfill the term of a member who either died or left the commission (I can't remember which!)
CAUTION: this is typed from memory. Nothing on the news site yet.
and creating a new commission with all new members.
Why bother?
This commission was created to investigate elections with 0% black turnout and lynchings. Now it investigates elections with record-setting black turnout and whether Indian-themed team names hurt anyones' feelings. It's become a waste of tax money.
First order of business, dump and replace this Victoria woman. Second, ask the Commissioners to recommend a new Chairman. Give them a hint: Berry is dead meat and the President will not appoint her Chairman.
Congressman Billybob
Who on God's Green Earth does this b*tch think she is, anyway??? She (yep; Clinton appointee, black, ultra-racist/feminist..........anyone expect anything different?) serves at the "pleasure" of the President of the United States.
If I was President, that wench would be escorted by armed Federal marshalls out of her office first thing in the morning........with news crews outside. She'd be half-carried, marshall on each arm, with a piss-ant cardboard box full of her personal belongings..........and dumped onto the street. There, she'd be met by a Federal prosecutor who'd server her sorry black a** with papers to appear in court to answer charges...........
"Mr. Unbiased Expert, wouldn't it be fair to say that the termination of Ms. Berry is yet another move by the Bush dynasty to exact their revenge on those who opposed their theft of the Presidency?"
"Why yes Dan, such a flagrant cashiering of someone only a few years into what is usually a six year term can hardly be seen any other way."
"I agree. Mr. UE. I find myself profusely saddened by such overt racism directed against someone whose only failure was not to allow herself to be silenced."
"Absolutley Dan. But you must admit, such behavior is not unusual among all ages of Republican men regardless of their (wink-wink) persuasion...."
Mary Frances Berry (Chairperson)
Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought
Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Independent
Cruz Reynoso (Vice Chairperson)
Professor of Law
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Yvonne Y. Lee
Yvonne Lee Consultants
San Francisco, California
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Victoria Wilson
Vice President and Associate Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Vice President, PEN Executive Board
New York, New York
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Independent
Congressional Appointees (4):
Christopher Edley, Jr.
Professor, Harvard Law School
Founding Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project,
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Elsie M. Meeks
Executive Director, Lakota Fund
Co-owner and operator of Lone Creek Store in Wanblee, South Dakota
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat
Russell G. Redenbaugh
Partner and Director, Cooke & Bieler, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Independent
Abigail Thernstrom
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
New York City, New YOrk
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican
Staff Director (Presidential Appointee):
The United States Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency of the executive branch first established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957. On November 30, 1983, a new Commission was established under the Civil Rights Act of 1983 (P.L. 98-183). Although the Commission's duties and powers are the same under the Act of 1983 as those of the previous Commission, its membership changed from six to eight Commissioners, four of whom are appointed by the President and four by the Congress.
Duties
The Commission's duties are:
To investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent practices.
To study and collect information relating to discrimination or a denial of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.
To appraise Federal laws and policies with respect to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice.
To serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect to discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.
To submit reports, findings, and recommendations to the President and Congress.
To issue public service announcements to discourage discrimination or denial of equal protection of the laws.
Powers
In furtherance of its fact-finding duties, the Commission may hold hearings and issue subpoenas (within the State in which the hearing is being held and within a 100-mile radius of the site) for the production of documents and the attendance of witnesses at such hearings. It maintains State advisory committees, and consults with representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, and private organizations. Since it lacks enforcement powers that would enable it to apply specific remedies in individual cases, it refers the many complaints it receives to the appropriate Federal, State, or local government agency or private organization for action.
Organization
The United States Commission on Civil Rights is composed of eight Commissioners: four appointed by the President and four by Congress. Not more than four members shall at any one time be of the same political party.
The President also designates the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the Commission's members with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members.
The Commissioners serve 6-year terms. No Senate confirmation is required. The President may remove a member of the Commission only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings (except during August) and convene several times a year to conduct hearings, conferences, consultations, and briefings.
Staff
A full-time Staff Director oversees the day-to-day activities of the Commission. The Staff Director is appointed by the President with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members, and serves at the pleasure of the President.
Except for the Staff Director, all Commission personnel, including part-time consultants, must be selected and appointed in accordance with Federal civil service regulations and job classification standards.
The Commission has 51 advisory committees--one for each State and the District of Columbia. Each is composed of citizens familiar with local and State civil rights issues. The members serve without compensation and assist the Commission with its fact-finding, investigative, and information dissemination functions.
Individual members of these committees are recommended by the regional director of their area, approved by the Staff Director, and voted upon at a regular meeting of the Commissioners. Their term of office is 2 years, but they can be reappointed.
Library
The Commission's Robert S. Rankin Civil Rights Memorial Library is located at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. This clearinghouse of civil rights information contains 50,000 reference works, including 150 civil rights and minority issues journals, periodicals, legal journals, and newspapers, 4,000 reels of microfilm and files of microfiche, and a comprehensive collection of reports, transcripts, and civil rights texts. The library also has Internet access.
These facilities are used extensively by members of Congress, government agencies, private groups, and individuals.
The Library is open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Since its inception in 1957, the Commission has published more than 70 statutory reports (those containing recommendations to Congress and the President) in addition to over 160 other public reports and studies on civil rights matters. Its State advisory committees have produced more than 240 published reports on issues of local and regional concern. These reports and studies are available to the public free of charge.
Most of the agency's publications are on file in designated regional depository libraries for government publications throughout the country. A Catalog of Publications published by the Commission is available to the public free of charge.
Information
Further information on the Commission may be obtained by contacting the Commission headquarters at:
624 9th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20425
(or contact the regional office in your area)
For information about publications, contact:
Library, USCCR
(202) 376-8128
For Congressional inquiries, contact:
Congressional Affairs Unit, USCCR
(202) 376-8317
For Press inquiries, contact:
Public Affairs Unit, USCCR
(202) 376-8312
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Now that's funny...
Yeah, then she got run over by the ugly truck, and guess what? The reverse lamps came on...
Chuckle. He asked her to cite specific evidence for this charge. After a lot of stammering, she said their pro-life stand was racist. O'Reilly essentially said, "uh...that makes no sense at all. Try again after the commercial break."
During the commercial break, however, she terminated the interview and left. They came back, and O'Reilly gave the predictable soliloquy about what an idealistic hard-a$$ he is. But on that occasion, the soliloquy wasn't as chafing as usual.
I agree. He'd better not back down.
From the foreward of the "Plum Book":
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