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A dangerous candidate for the top doj civil rights
Power line Blog ^ | 3-9-17 | Paul Mirengoff

Posted on 03/11/2017 8:43:51 AM PST by amnestynone

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was at the center of much of President Obama’s “transformative” agenda. It took a leading role on issues ranging from local police practices, to voting procedures, to transgender matters, to employment quotas, to immigration. In all instances, the Civil Rights Division advanced the left’s position. The amount of mischief the Civil Rights Division can produce is vast. One of


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apointments; dhillon; harmeetdhillon
Is Trump really considering a left wing nut job for this post?
1 posted on 03/11/2017 8:43:51 AM PST by amnestynone
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To: amnestynone

No. Read the comments of people who have worked with her.


2 posted on 03/11/2017 8:51:23 AM PST by Mercat
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Since the headline, blurb and two posters have not revealed the name of this mystery person:

“...Harmeet Dhillon is a leading candidate for this position. Dhillon is a former board member of the ACLU (in San Francisco, no less) and a past donor to ultra-liberal Democrat Kamela Harris.”


3 posted on 03/11/2017 8:58:55 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: amnestynone

Since the headline, blurb and two posters have not revealed the name of this mystery person:

“...Harmeet Dhillon is a leading candidate for this position. Dhillon is a former board member of the ACLU (in San Francisco, no less) and a past donor to ultra-liberal Democrat Kamela Harris.”


4 posted on 03/11/2017 8:59:24 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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Looks like two personal friends pushing her in the comments. They claim to vouch for her conservative bona fides—but don’t dispute the troubling info in the article they are responding to.


5 posted on 03/11/2017 9:03:06 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Mercat

“No. Read the comments of people who have worked with her.”

Do you have a link?


6 posted on 03/11/2017 9:05:56 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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Hopefully, she is being considered just for the appearance of impartiality (or just to toy with her), with no intention of really hiring her.


7 posted on 03/11/2017 9:28:28 AM PST by BeauBo
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Is Trump really considering a left wing nut job for this post?
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Is Trump going off the rails with these appointments? What’s with this guy Gary Cohn, said to be a career globalist, now leading Trump’s National Economic Council??


8 posted on 03/11/2017 9:40:45 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (God, Guns, and Trump will save the USA)
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“The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was at the center of much of President Obama’s “transformative” agenda. It took a leading role on issues ranging from local police practices, to voting procedures, to transgender matters, to employment quotas, to immigration.”

All of the issues mentioned (except possibly immigration) are questions involving issues concerning state powers and do not concern Federal powers by Constitutional dictates.


9 posted on 03/11/2017 10:11:26 AM PST by YHAOS
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