Thernstrom for Supreme Court Justice
She's on the trail Clarence Thomas blazed.
Quote of note:
The newly named commissioners are Gerald A. Reynolds, former assistant secretary for the office of civil rights in the Education Department, and lawyer Ashley L. Taylor of Richmond. President Bush intends to designate Reynolds the commission chairman, succeeding Berry, and to name Abigail Thernstrom, already a commission member, as vice chairman.
Civil Rights Chairman Resists Ouster by Bush
Associated Press
Tuesday, December 7, 2004; Page A05
President Bush moved yesterday to replace Mary Frances Berry, the outspoken chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission who has argued with every president since Jimmy Carter appointed her to the panel a quarter-century ago.
But Berry balked at leaving now, arguing through a spokesman that she and Vice Chairman Cruz Reynoso, who also is being replaced, have terms that run until midnight Jan. 21, 2005. The White House maintained that their six-year terms expired Sunday and that Berry and Reynoso had been replaced.
