{"id":3940,"date":"2007-11-07T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:04","slug":"did-bush-stack-the-deck-against-civil-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/did-bush-stack-the-deck-against-civil-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Bush stack the deck against civil rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/img_6183.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/img_6183.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Raw Story<\/p>\n<p>Using a questionable, unprecedented maneuver President Bush has installed a solid Republican majority on a supposedly bipartisan civil rights panel, leading it to abandon racial justice and civil rights cases in favor of arguing against school integration and affirmative action.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-member US Commission on Civil Rights has served for half a century as the nation&#8217;s watchdog against racism and discrimination. Neither party is meant to have more than four members, but Bush effectively &#8220;installed a fifth and sixth Republican on the panel in December 2004, after two commissioners, both Republicans when appointed, reregistered as independents,&#8221; Charlie Savage <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&#038;ct=us\/0-0&#038;fp=4731f9bdc822dd4d&#038;ei=OcUxR7CuFZveqwP2gpmVCg&#038;url=http%3A\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/washington\/articles\/2007\/11\/06\/maneuver_gave_bush_a_conservative_rights_panel&#038;cid=1123212174\">reported in the <em>Boston Globe<\/em><\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe that [the law] was meant to be evaded by conveniently switching your voter registration,&#8221; Commissioner Michael Yaki, one of the two remaining Democrats, told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw Story Using a questionable, unprecedented maneuver President Bush has installed a solid Republican majority on a supposedly bipartisan civil rights panel, leading it to abandon racial justice and civil rights cases in favor of arguing against school integration and affirmative action. 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