Here's a way to avoid the photogenic fracas of federal marshals dragging away Victoria Wilson (who's appointment by Bill Clinton has expired). The President simply orders the Secretary of the Treasury to stop cutting checks to Ms Wilson, effective immediately. He also orders that her payments go instead to the new Commissioner, who has been sworn in.

The President also requests that all secretaries and others at the Commission who would normally work for or respond to Ms. Wilson, to state whether they continue to recognize her as a Commissioner. If they say yes, or if they refuse to answer, he cuts off their paychecks as well.

These people are money-grubbing thieves of the taxpayers' money. This would smoke them out of the woodwork, without giving the TV networks a "photo op."

Congressman Billybob

Go Billybob

Good idea. Who the he$$ does this bitter, annoying, power nuts woman think she is?

Berry has facts on her side

Sec. 1975. Establishment of Commission

• (a) Generally
  There is established the United States Commission on Civil Rights (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ''Commission'').

• (b) Membership
  The Commission shall be composed of 8 members. Not more than 4 of the members shall at any one time be of the same political party. The initial membership of the Commission shall be the members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994. Thereafter vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall continue to be appointed as follows:
  • (1) 4 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    President.
  • (2) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    President pro tempore of the Senate, upon the recommendations of
    the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the members
    appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the same
    political party.
  • (3) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendations
    of the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the
    members appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the
    same political party.

• (c) Terms
  The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be 6 years. The term of each member of the Commission in the initial membership of the Commission shall expire on the date such term would have expired as of September 30, 1994.

• (d) Chairperson
  • (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the individuals serving as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994 shall initially fill those roles on the Commission.
  • (2) Thereafter the President may, with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members, designate a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the Commission's members.
  • (3) The President shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members, fill a vacancy by designating a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the Commission's members.
  • (4) The Vice Chairperson shall act in place of the Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.

• (e) Removal of members
  The President may remove a member of the Commission only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

• (f) Quorum
  5 members of the Commission constitute a quorum of the Commission

Berry and Wilson are trying to argue that that the terms are no longer staggered. However, once they become staggared (as they were made so prior to 1994 and thereafter validated with those changes) they are forever staggared. Anyone appointed in mid term serves only so long as the original appointee. They have no leg to stand on.

Does the fact that MS Wilson was appointed to fill the balance of a term left vacant by the death of another member? She would need to re-appointed in her own right,I would think, following that terms expiration.

However, Wilson was NOT appointed to a 6 year term, she was appointed to fill the unexpired appointment of someone else. Her temporary appointment is expired. Period, end of sentence, end of appointment.
The term of the person's place she took expired November 29, 2001.

Thank God there ARE others who see this "woman" for what she is

and one wonders what, as a woman and billy boy together have come to mean, and her clinging to her seat like a cat in heat, what favors Ms. Wilson might have had to provide to former sex offender for her position......

This is an EXCELLENT idea. And O'Neill would do it in a heartbeat!!

Wilson should be honored she was asked to serve her nation. Now that the term of this service has expired she should gracefully step down and be thankful she was allowed to serve.

Berry and Wilson are trying to argue that that the terms are no longer staggered. However, once they become staggared (as they were made so prior to 1994 and thereafter validated with those changes) they are forever staggared. Anyone appointed in mid term serves only so long as the original appointee. They have no leg to stand on.

not true. The original laws for this committee stated specifically that an appointee was appointed only for the remaining term. When it was redrafted by congress they left this out. Also, I searched other committee statues under the same code section and they are explicit about a member only serving the remaining time of a term.

In the intstant case their is no language (like there is in other enabling statues) that provides for limiting a member to the remaining term.

Help needed on aisle 5

However, Wilson was NOT appointed to a 6 year term, she was appointed to fill the unexpired appointment of someone else.

The president had no authority to appoint her to anything less than a 6 year term.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse comes to mind!

Berry has facts on her side

She does not. Victoria Wilson was appointed to FULFILL a term of ANOTHER commissioner. She doesn't have a prayer of winning this.

She would need to re-appointed in her own right,I would think, following that terms expiration.

Exactly. And the White House has already said she made NO CONTACT with them in regards to being reappointed.

When it was redrafted by congress they left this out.

It was left out because it was no longer needed. As you can see it applied only to those alread in office on the date that statute was enacted. This is very common in legislation - to clarify how it is to be applied to the status quo at the time of passage and then many years later go back and remove it when its no longer relivant.

Ms. Wilson is employed at Knopf Publshing. Guess who is publishing Clinton's book?