Meet the conservative US Commission on Civil Rights

Source Media Matters for America

Media figures have emphasized the fact that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is technically "bipartisan" to hype its investigation of the Justice Department's actions in the New Black Panther Party case. In reality, the commission's chair has acknowledged that conservatives "gam[ed] the system" and packed the panel with conservative activists, and the commission's two Democrats, as well as one Republican, have criticized the investigation. * Media emphasize that USCCR is "bipartisan" * Bush used "controversial maneuver" to put commission under "conservative control" * Commission's investigation slammed as "kangaroo court" by Dem, GOP commissioners * Meet the "bipartisan" commissioners