Like Goodling, Schlozman Politicized Hiring At Justice Dept's Civil Rights Division

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/31/schlozman-politicization

Like Goodling, Schlozman Politicized Hiring At Justice Dept’s Civil Rights Division

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Two former department lawyers said that when they’d applied for jobs elsewhere in the division in early 2005, Schlozman had asked them to delete mention on their resumes of Republican affiliations and resubmit them. Both attorneys were hired.

One of them, Ty Clevenger, said Schlozman “wanted to make it look like it was apolitical.” Clevenger also said that when he’d passed along a resume from a fellow Stanford University Law School graduate, Schlozman had asked, “Is he one of us?”

Additionally, “half of the 14 career lawyers hired under Schlozman were members of the conservative Federalist Society or the Republican National Lawyers Association, up from none among the eight career hires in the previous two years” while “the average US News & World Report ranking of the law school attended by new career lawyers plunged from 15 to 65.”

While serving in the Civil Rights Division, Schlozman appears to have put ideological loyalty above prosecutorial ability. His upcoming appearance before Congress should shed more light on just how deeply he politicized the division.

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1. I see what he did there

Schlozman: "I know you're a believer but leave that part off. That way it looks like I hired you because you're qualified and not because we drink the same koolaid. Got it?"

Flunkey: "Duh. Okay."

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2. "look, I am bipartisan:

I hire GOP faithful and those who pretend not to be."