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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is historically a bipartisan, independent commission of the U.S. federal government, created in 1957, that is charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning civil rights issues that face the nation. ==Commissioners== The Commission is composed of eight Commissioners. Four are appointed by the President of the United States, two by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and two by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. During the Presidency of George W. Bush, Democrats criticized the panel for becoming dominated by conservatives after two Republican commissioners reregistered as independents and President Bush appointed additional Republican members. As of July 2014, the members of the Commission are: *Martin R. Castro, Chair (D) – President and CEO of Castro Synergies, LLC (appointed by President Obama, January 2011). *Gail Heriot (I) – University of San Diego law professor; alternate delegate to the 2000 Republican Convention (appointed by Senate, February 2007. Reappointed, December 2013). *Peter N. Kirsanow (R) – Cleveland attorney and former member of the National Labor Relations Board (appointed by President Bush, December 2006). Term Expired in November 2013. Reappointed to USCCR by John Boehner,Speaker of the US House of Representatives in 2013. *David Kladney (D) – Lawyer in private solo practice in Reno, NV. *Roberta Achtenberg (D) – Corporate Advisor in Public Policy and California State University Trustee (appointed by President Obama, January 2011). *Michael Yaki (D) – San Francisco attorney and former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (re-appointed by Congress in April 2011). *Karen Narasaki (I) - consultant and former President and Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center (appointed by President Obama, July 2014).〔(United States Commission on Civil Rights Announces Appointments of New Commissioners )〕 *Patricia Timmons-Goodson - former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (appointed by President Obama, July 2014).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Commission on Civil Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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