President Obama or Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. should declare publicly whether executive privilege has been invoked in the Justice Department's refusal to release documents showing why voter-intimidation charges against the New Black Panther Party were dismissed, says the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Declaring an impasse in negotiations between the commission and the department, Commission Chairman Gerald A. Reynolds said the Justice Department has "repeatedly refused" to provide any basic information regarding the case, instead asserting "vague and generalized privileges" that do not apply.
"The actual basis for the department's continued refusal to cooperate with the commission remains unclear," Mr. Reynolds said in a letter last week to Mr. Holder. "For example, has the president invoked executive privilege over the materials that the commission is seeking? If that is the case, the president or the attorney general must so state.
"The department's continued refusal to provide the requested information will lead to a conflict of interest, whereby the target of the subpoena — the department — can evade its statutory obligation to the commission by refusing to respond to or enforce the commission's subpoena," he said.
Mr. Reynolds asked Mr. Holder to respond by April 12 on whether he intends to cooperate in the inquiry "as is required by law," whether he would direct his subordinates to do so, and if he intends to allow Justice Department employees to respond to the commission's subpoenas to testify.
9 comments:
I bet it would be different if the KKK stood out front of an Alabama polling place.
you said it! That would be a violation of 'their' civil rights! BS!
All he!! is going to break loose sooner than later... Enough is enough!
Well, knowing that the KKK was bred/formed by the Democratic party....
8:57, you beat me to it. It would be VERY different if the KKK stood guard at an inner city polling place. The only difference is that there would be violence unlike the Philly incident.
I feel totally safe with a Black Panther guarding my civil rights at a voting facility. I mean how else would Obama get elected by real Americans that pay taxes, yeah right...
This guy looks like a fine upstanding american drug dealer thug.
Peace
Recall that the New Black Panther Party showed up in Durham at the Duke Lacrosse witchhunt and spewed their racist hate and promoted violence without any reprimands or admonishment. Is it clear yet people?
I wish these punks would show up here on the shore but they're too cowardly !
Dude, they are on the shore running around Church Street... Too Funny
Some of the are going to UMES
I dare them to show up at the Hebron Elementary School in November. I have an Election Day Present for any of them that are man enough to come visit the Country Boys of Wicomico County. You Bretcha
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