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Fort Liberalism: Can Justice's civil rights division be Bushified?
Transit cops in Philadelphia can't afford to take long snack breaks at the doughnut shop. They have to stay fit and trim, able to run eight or ten city blocks, sometimes going up and down flights of stairs carrying heavy gear. When they arrive at a scene to assist commuters, they must have enough energy to grapple with criminals or help people in trouble.
It's a tough assignment, but the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) makes sure it hires people who are up to the task. Eleven years ago, it developed a test requiring applicants to run one-and-a-half miles in under 12 minutes while wearing 26 pounds of equipment. Since this testing ...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Leo, John May 17, 1993 700+ words
...the Justice Department's civil-rights division, is President Clinton...of the dice to turn the civil-rights division over to Guinier. Existing...says that the head of the civil-rights division "has very extensive control...
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- Magazine article from: Duke Law Journal Goluboff, Risa L. April 1, 2001 700+ words
...in Brown v. Board of Education, "civil rights" did not refer to a unified, coherent...and contradictory. The lawyers of the Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice...different ways of practicing and framing civil rights in the 1940s. Their practice shows...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Pierre Thomas October 26, 1994 700+ words
...the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. A slight man with glasses...Patrick, the 250-lawyer Civil Rights Division has gone from the enemy of...did." Under Patrick, the Civil Rights Division settled the largest public...
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- Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases October 6, 2009 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire October 6, 2009 700+ words
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- Attorney General Eric Holder Welcomes Thomas E. Perez as Assistant Attorney...
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter October 20, 2009 700+ words
...the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Perez was confirmed by...has been to ensure that the Civil Rights Division will again continue to advance...expertise." The mission of the Civil Rights Division is to enforce federal statutes...
- Civil Rights Division Attorney Named "Top Prosecutor" by the Association of...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 27, 2009 700+ words
...US Department of Justice: Civil Rights Division Attorney Named "Top Prosecutor...a senior attorney in the Civil Rights Division's Criminal Section, has...General Loretta King for the Civil Rights Division. "We thank the Women in...
- Deval Patrick picked to head the Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Division.
- Magazine article from: Jet February 21, 1994 700+ words
...head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. After two disappointing tries to fill the country's top civil rights post, President Clinton has...comprehensive enforcement of our civil rights laws. And I'm going to be...
Source: HighBeam Research, Fort Liberalism: Can Justice's civil rights division be Bushified?