Author Archives: J Christian Adams

Hume: AG “Crybaby”

“To those two men, race has been both a shield and a sword that they have used effectively to defend themselves and attack others,” Hume continued. “It is depressing at this stage in our national life, after all we’ve been through on this issue and given the overwhelming consensus of civil rights, that this stuff is still going on.”

Brit Hume commentary

“For Attorney General Eric Holder, Justice is for Democrats only”

A veteran Justice Department lawyer says that Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the department in a way he hadn’t seen before. In short, “Holder is the worst person to hold the position of attorney general since the disgraced John Mitchell.”

Now in his sixth year as attorney general, Holder has increasingly tilted the department in an ideological direction. It’s one thing to emphasize President Obama’s legal priorities. It’s quite another to decide not to enforce certain federal laws — such as the ban on marijuana — or urge state attorney generals to refuse to defend local laws on same-sex marriage.

“Cornyn’s Military Voting Rights Bill Moves Forward”

The Senate Rules Committee passed the bipartisan Safeguarding Elections for our Nation’s Troops through Reforms and Improvements Act (The SENTRI Act) authored by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). The bill, passed unanimously by the Rule Committee, now moves forward to the full Senate for a floor vote, if Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will schedule it.

“What Congress Can Do to Stop Racial Discrimination”

Legal Memorandum from Heritage authors Roger Clegg, Hans A. von Spakovsky, and Elizabeth Slattery.

Abstract:

Discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity is unconstitutional, unlawful, and morally repugnant. The government should not sort people according to such innate characteristics, yet such criteria often factor into government programs and protections. Jobs should go to the most qualified individuals; contracts should be awarded to the lowest qualified bidders; the students who are most likely to excel academically should be admitted to taxpayer-funded universities; and all should be protected equally from discrimination. A number of states have enacted laws banning all forms of discrimination. Congress should eliminate racial discrimination in federal contracting and employment and federally funded programs, including educational institutions; require disclosure of preferential university admission policies; and limit and clarify when claims of “disparate impact” may be brought.

“In the eyes of the government, we are just one race here. It is American.”
—Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

“Bill Clinton: Put Photos on Social Security Cards and use for Voter ID”

National Review posts on the interesting comments from former President Clinton reported in the Washington Post.  While irrationally condemning the use of voter photo ID and waving the bloody shirt, he then endorses the use of a national photo ID utilizing a photo of the person on the social security card.  There are many easy ways to take the political opposition away from common sense ID laws, but there are many groups who raise money opposing them and making it a racial issue.
With 34 states now requiring some form of identification at the polls, former president Bill Clinton and civil rights leader Andrew Young on Wednesday endorsed the idea of adding photos to Social Security cards as a way to prevent voter suppression.

The two made the recommendation in separate appearances at a conference at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library, which is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act.