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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2002

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will seat a Bush appointee pending review of its case by the Supreme Court.

Commission chair Mary Frances Berry said Peter N. Kirsanow, a conservative African-American lawyer, wont' be refused at this Friday's meeting. But she will challenge a federal appeals court decision which ordered a Clinton appointee off the panel.

Get the Story:
Rights Panel Plans Fight (The New York Times 5/14)
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Get the Decision:
US v. WILSON, No. 02-5047 (D.C. Cir. May 09, 2002)

Relevant Links:
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - http://www.usccr.gov

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