I really don't have a lot of respect for the ethics of the Obama Administration and the members of it. Generally speaking, the actions of the people in the administration back up that feeling.
Byron York posted an article today at the Washington Examiner detailing a new process that is happening in civil rights lawsuits. According to the article:
"In the past, when the Civil Rights Division filed suit against, say, a bank or a landlord, alleging discrimination in lending or rentals, the cases were ofter settled by the defendant paying a fine to the U.S. Treasure and agreeing to put aside a sum of money to compensate the alleged discrimination victims. There was then a search for those victims--people who were actually denied a loan or an apartment--who stood to be conpensated. After everyone who could be found was paid, there was often money left over. That money was returned to the defendant."
The artcle details recent changes in that procedure:
"Now, Attorney General Eric Holder and Civil Rights Division chief Thomas Perez have a new plan. Any unspent money will not go back to the defendant but will instead go to a "qualified organization" approved by the Justice Department. And if there is not enough unspent money--that will be determined by the Department--then the defendant might be required to come up with more money to give to the "qualified organization.""
Please follow the above link to the article and read the details of what is going on. The good news in this is that Senator Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is asking Eric Holder questions about exactly what is going on here. So far Senator Grassley has not gotten an answer. I am afraid we are seeing another example of the "Chicago shakedown" that has become the signature of the Obama Administration.
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