Just a few months ago, back in September, 2014 most of us Birthers were objectively happy when Eric Holder announced that he would be resigning. Here at WOBIK we published (Sept. 24, 2014) a brief report regarding the resignation:
Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to Resign
Barack Obama quickly struck back in November, 2014 with his nomination of Loretta Elizabeth Lynch for next US Attorney General.
Lynch currently serves as US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She assumed office in 2010 after being appointed by Barack Obama. It should be noted that she held the same office from 1999 thru 2001, after being appointed by Bill Clinton.
She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1959 (she’s 55 now). She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and American literature from Harvard College (1981) and a degree in law from Harvard Law School (1984).
From what I can gather black Americans, or at least the ones who are aware of who Lynch is and her recent nomination, appear to support her, exclusively, because she is black (or at least black by American standards). Moreover, white Americans who suffer from “white guilt conscience” appear to support Lynch, exclusively, because she is black.
These findings became all the more apparent recently when US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY and possible 2016 candidate for POTUS) publicly opposed Lynch’s nomination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Lynch began last week on January 28th (2015). Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) is heading the committee.
At one point in the ongoing confirmation hearing Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), asked Lynch if she was going to be an Eric Holder version 2.0, “…you’re not Eric Holder, are you?” he said.
“No, I’m not,” Lynch said.
Lynch’s position is that she is an alternative to Eric Holder.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is now condemning US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY and possible 2016 candidate for POTUS) and expressing extensive disapproval because Paul opposes Lynch’s nomination.
Senator Paul has commendably stood up for black Americans for as along as I can remember and he continues to do so now by opposing Lynch’s confirmation.
Loretta Lynch is an advocate and proponent of Civil Forfeiture.
A few months ago, November 22 (2014) the Wall Street Journal published an editorial titled, Loretta Lynch’s Money Pot.
According to the Wall Street Journal there have been at least 120 cases in which Loretta Lynch has used civil asset forfeiture to expropriate approximately $113 million for federal and local coffers.
One of the problems with civil forfeiture is that you don’t have do be found guilty of anything before your property, cash and assets can be seized by the government. Many victims of civil forfeiture are not connect to crimes at all. Forbes Magazine recently published (Sept. 12, 2014) an article (by George Leef) regarding the perils of civil forfeiture which contains extensively alarming examples: Time For Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws To Meet The Same Fate As Jim Crow
Civil asset forfeiture is one the most flagrant examples of government overreach. Money, property, or other possessions without a conviction. Reader may not be aware of this but criminal charges are not even prerequisites for seizing assets.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) expropriated approximately two (2) billion dollars in 2013 (financial year) through civil forfeiture.
Last week during Lynch’s ongoing confirmation hearing she stated the following regarding civil forfeiture, “I believe that civil and criminal forfeiture are important tools to the Department of Justice, as well as our state and local counterparts through state laws, in essentially managing or taking care of the first order of business, which it to take the profit out of criminal activity.”
In an recent interview with Breitbart News, Senator Rand Paul stated the following regarding Loretta Lynch, I’m concerned that a big part of her fame as a federal prosecutor was through civil forfeiture. She was asked specifically about this by Sen. Lee, and her response was ‘oh, everything is fine, it’s done with a court order.’ She seems to not quite understand that innocent people are having their stuff taken by government–their cars, their money, their hotels, their stuff is being confiscated by government even if they’re never charged or even if they’re never convicted. She didn’t seem to grasp that point and this is a week after parts of the administration said they were not going to enforce some of the civil forfeiture:
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman, G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), recently stated that Senator Rand Paul is, “using the issue of civil forfeitures to block a well-qualified federal prosecutor from heading the Department of Justice.”
Butterfield’s statement is objectively preposterous.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) civil asset forfeiture practices often go hand-in-hand with racial profiling and disproportionately impact low-income African-American or Hispanic people who the police decide look suspicious and for whom the arcane process of trying to get one’s property back is an expensive challenge.
It should be noted that US Senator Rand Paul has stated that he also opposes Lynch’s nomination because she has a, “track-record of violating the individual freedoms granted to us by our Constitution.” Paul was referring to Lynch’s position on drone strikes. “She remains non-committal on the legality of drone strikes against American citizens, while I believe such strikes unequivocally violate rights granted to us by the Sixth Amendment,” said Paul.
Lastly, it should be noted that US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY and possible 2016 candidate for POTUS) is not a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee conducting Lynch’s confirmation hearing. There are only twenty (20) members. You can view the member profiles at the link below:
Committee Members – U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary
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I forgot to mention that Rand Paul also opposes Loretta Lynch’s confirmation because she supports Executive Amnesty:
Senator Paul: “Mrs. Lynch also supports President Obama’s calls for executive amnesty, which I vehemently oppose.”