November 16, 2006

Civil Rights Division Operations

Witnesses testified about the operation of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Among the topics addressed were enforcement of the… read more

Witnesses testified about the operation of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Among the topics addressed were enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, enforcement of civil rights laws and the number of actions taken by the department in recent years, and the degree to which political considerations had entered decisions about law enforcement. They also talked about several reports that career lawyers had been shut out of the division’s decision-making process, that the division’s civil rights enforcement on behalf of racial minorities had sharply declined and that the department had packed the division with attorneys who had no background in civil rights litigations. close

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Michael A. Carvin Attorney
Robert N. Driscoll Attorney

Russ Feingold U.S. Senator [D] Wisconsin
Chuck Grassley U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Iowa
Ted Kennedy U.S. Senator [D] Massachusetts
Wan J. Kim Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice->Civil Rights
Patrick J. Leahy U.S. Senator (Class 3) [D] Vermont
Joseph Rich Director Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law->Fair Housing and Community Development
Chuck Schumer U.S. Senator (Class 3) [D] New York
Theodore "Ted" M. Shaw President and General Counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Arlen Specter U.S. Senator [R] Pennsylvania

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Program ID:: 195412-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Nov 16, 2006 | 9:30am EST | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Nov 17, 2006 | 3:39am EST | C-SPAN 1

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Nov 16, 2006 | 9:30am EST | C-SPAN 3
Nov 16, 2006 | 3:03pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Nov 16, 2006 | 10:02pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Nov 17, 2006 | 1:09am EST | C-SPAN 2
Nov 17, 2006 | 3:39am EST | C-SPAN 1

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