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Government,
Civil Rights

Jul. 24, 2020

CUR elevates some fundamental rights over others

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recently created Commission on Unalienable Rights released its first draft report last week.

Stephen F. Rohde

Email: rohdevictr@aol.com

Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.

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Last year, amid much controversy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo established a Commission on Unalienable Rights. On July 16, the CUR issued a draft report and gave two weeks for public comment.

The report should not be approved and released because the entire establishment and procedures of the CUR violate the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. Even before reaching the flaws in the draft report itself, the establishment of th...

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