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Originally Posted by loquitur
...I have my own theories about why the hiring in the civil rights division looks a certain way, but it's more speculation than anything else. Thing is, your explanation is speculative, too, and I'd submit it's probably counter-factual as well. Consider this: if 90+% of the black community is Democratic, how many of them will want to work in a Republican administration? The absence of dark faces in GOP is self-reinforcing in that way. We can argue about whether it's a good or bad thing for African Americans to be monolithically Democratic (I happen to think it's a bad thing, but I'm not black, so maybe I'm missing something), but it is a fact, and it has consequences.
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loquitor....the Justice Dept is currently investigating whether Monica Goodling, Gonzales fomer counsel and liaison to the White House, used political affiliation in deciding who to hire as entry-level prosecutors in U.S. attorneys' offices. (
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If she did, it is against the law. (
prohibited personnel practices under the civil service act) and the question is whether she did it on her own, or at the direction of Gonzales or the White House.
The House Judiciary Committee has also given her immunity, DOJ wont block it (
link) and the committee is likely to call her in to testify, where if she "takes the 5th," she will face contempt charges.
YOu have your reaons to explain the hiring "profile" of civil rights (and other DOJ career attorneys) and Host has his.......in any case, the public has the right to know if this administration, by the action of one individual or through direction of her superiors, has politicized the prosecutorial process beyond the law.