The Future of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Authors

Dawinder S. Sidhu, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Abstract

In The Future of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Professors Lisa Crooms and Dawinder Sidhu discuss the potential for expanding the mandate of the Commission. Professor Crooms opens by noting that suggestions to expand the Commission’s mandate to include human rights have been around for decades, and argues that such ideas are still worth adopting. She comments that the Commission would have to engage in extensive fact-finding in order to justify such an expansion. Professor Crooms raises further concerns over manipulation of the appointment process for commissioners, but that such manipulation has not necessarily jeopardized the Commission’s role. Indeed, she concludes that an expansion of the mandate to include human rights would aid the United States in meeting its treaty obligations and discourage the Commission from ignoring its vital role in responding to important equality issues, including those already within its core mandate.

Publication Title

University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra

Volume

159

First Page

127

Recommended Citation

Dawinder S. Sidhu, The Future of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 159 University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra 127 (2010).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/286

Comments

Debate, rebuttal to opening statement by Lisa Crooms