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Likely Civil Rights Division Head Disclosed

By Howard M. Friedman

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Legal Times reported Friday that the likely nominee to head the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration is Thomas Saenz, counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The likely nominee, a Yale Law School graduate, worked at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund prior to joining Mayor Villaraigosa's administration. The Civil Rights Division enforces federal anti-discrimination statutes, including bans on religious discrimination.

Meanwhile the Justice Department has released a publication, The Accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Justice 2001-2009. It lauds its comprehensive initiative to protect religious freedom, and its creation of a new position of Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination. The Civil Rights Division prioritized investigation of bias crimes against Muslims, Sikhs, Arabs and South Asians, and developed a comprehensive program for enforcement of RLUIPA.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on January 19, 2009 (boomark / email).

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