Despite Ruling, White House Prods Congress to Limit Detainees Rights at Gitmo

NYTIMES- 7/13/2006 - A day after saying that terror suspects had a right to protections under the Geneva Conventions, the Bush Admin. said Wednesday that it wanted Congress to pass legislation that would limit their rights.

The "Party of Lincoln" Refuses to Extend Martin Luther King's Voters Rights Act of 1961

MSNBC- 6/21/2006 - Southern Republicans have successfully stopped any action on Renewing the Voters Rights Act, becuase they think it unfairly singles out Southern States.

Bush Pushes Out Liberals at the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Dept.

WashPost- 11/15/2005 - The Bush Admin has placed stauch conservatives at the Civil Right Arm of the Justice Dept. The group investigated only 49 Racist Violations in 2005.

The Administration has investigated only 3 cases of Violations of the Voters Rights Act of 1965, since it took office. The first was a Reverse Racism Case, claiming blacks were not letting Whites vote in a Mississippi Town!

Chief Justice Roberts' Papers on Affirmative Action Disappear

WashPost- 5/11/2006 - The File of papers documented his tenure as White House Consel under Reagan. After Bush Administration officials gained only time with the files (against the rules), the files went missing.

President Bush Requests a Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Mariage

WashPost- 6/03/2006 - For the first time, a US President wants to add Discrimination to the Constitution. Maybe he would like to change the Declaration of Independance as well: "All Men Straight White Men are created equal."

Supreme Court Demands US Uphold the Geneva Convention at Gitmo

NYTIMES- 6/29/2006 - Although the White House argued the men are "enemy combattants" outside the Treaty. Article 3 of the treaty clearly states anyone picked up in a signer country is entitled to the rights.

Eugene Robinson's on the Failure to Renew the Voters Rights Act

WashPost- 6/23/2006 - "In what was described as a contentious caucus meeting, Southern Republicans complained that their states were being singled out by the act.."

Justice Dept. Authorized Texas Redistricting, Eventhough It Violated the Voting Rights Act

WashPost- 5/11/2006 - Lawyers at the Justice Dept. saw it as a violation of the Act. Since Texas has a history of Rascist Redistricting, they have to have speical approval from the Justice Dept, which they received anyway.

Bush has Claimed Presidential Privilege to Exempt His Admin. from Affirmative Action Laws

Boston Globe- 5/11/2006 - The rarely used clause has been invoked by this President more than any other, to exempt him from bills signed into law under his leadership.

Bush Declares He Is Against School Admissions Giving Preference to Minority Students

CBS - 1/16/2003 - The President declared he is against affirmative action. He called it reverse racism: "a system that rewards people based on race."