CIVIL RIGHTS HIRING SHIFTED IN BUSH ERA CONSERVATIVE LEANINGS STRESSED

From: The Boston Globe | Date: July 23, 2006| Author: Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is quietly remaking the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, filling the permanent ranks with lawyers who have strong conservative credentials but little experience in civil rights, according to job application materials obtained by the Globe.

The documents show that only 42 percent of the lawyers hired since 2003, after the administration changed the rules to give political appointees more influence in the hiring process, have civil rights e...

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