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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor some strange reason, I get the feeling that the GOP is hostile towards civil & human rights...
GOP drops civil rights and human rights from subcommittee name
The new GOP chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee changed the name of the panel, dropping civil rights and human rights from its title.
The subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights is now simply the subcommittee on the Constitution. The subcommittee names are chosen by its chair, so Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is responsible for the switch.
We changed the name because the Constitution covers our most basic rights including civil and human rights. We will focus on these rights along with other issues that fall under the broader umbrella of the Constitution, Cornyns spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said.
But civil rights leaders are displeased. Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, called it a discouraging sign in a news release Friday.
Changing the name of this subcommittee is a poor start, but the proof of the panels seriousness about addressing these issues will become apparent in its actual work, she said. We only hope that this troubling name change doesnt foretell a heedless retreat on civil and human rights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/01/24/gop-drops-civil-rights-and-human-rights-from-subcommittee-name/
The new GOP chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee changed the name of the panel, dropping civil rights and human rights from its title.
The subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights is now simply the subcommittee on the Constitution. The subcommittee names are chosen by its chair, so Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is responsible for the switch.
We changed the name because the Constitution covers our most basic rights including civil and human rights. We will focus on these rights along with other issues that fall under the broader umbrella of the Constitution, Cornyns spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said.
But civil rights leaders are displeased. Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, called it a discouraging sign in a news release Friday.
Changing the name of this subcommittee is a poor start, but the proof of the panels seriousness about addressing these issues will become apparent in its actual work, she said. We only hope that this troubling name change doesnt foretell a heedless retreat on civil and human rights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/01/24/gop-drops-civil-rights-and-human-rights-from-subcommittee-name/
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For some strange reason, I get the feeling that the GOP is hostile towards civil & human rights... (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Feb 2015
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)1. Whatever would have given you that idea?
Apart from everything they have ever done or want to do....
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)2. I dunno...
But I just can't put my finger on it.
niyad
(113,323 posts)3. ya think????
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)4. No, no, no. They support...
Gun rights,
Police rights
Corporate rights.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)5. "Changing the name of this subcommittee is a poor start..."
Damn right, it is. It sounds more like a ploy to get people to eventually forget the subcommittee's purpose.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)6. That can't be!
Not after how often they like to use the "freedom" word! They're fighting hard for our FREEDOM!
...Our "freedom" to be disenfranchised, to get shot, to catch diseases, to breathe dirty air, and to continue watching millionaires evade taxes, that is.
UTUSN
(70,700 posts)7. R#4 & K for, bwah-ha-hah, funniest thread title!1 DUzy n/t