Project 21: Press Releases

High Court Should Validate Constitutionality of Popular Michigan Referendum Requiring Colorblind Admissions, Project 21 Legal Experts Say Washington, D.C. - Responding to the announcement that a new racial preferences case will be on the U.S. Supreme Court docket during the Court's 2013-14 term, members of the Project 21 black leadership network urge the Court to reinstate an amendment to the Michigan state constitution, enacted by state voters, that prohibits public colleges from using race as a determining factor in the admissions process. "Entrance to colleges and universities should be based on merit," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon, a ...
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Race is Not the Issue, Says Project 21 Black Conservative Network Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing the lawyer of an abortion doctor for playing the "race card" to defend his client against gruesome charges that the doctor, who is black, murdered a patient and born-alive babies during abortion procedures. "Are there no depths to which those employing the race card won't sink? Even when attempting to defend against the brutality of infanticide, race has unfortunately become an issue," said Project 21 Derryck Green. "That Dr. Gosnell's defense attorney would say that the ...
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New Report Cites Toxic Atmosphere Within Civil Rights Division, Where Liberals Bully and Intimidate Staff with Opposing Views Racial Language Used to Deride Employees Who Don't Fall in Line Racial Language Used to Deride Employees Who Don't Fall in Line Washington, D.C. - A new federal report describes a "disappointing lack of professionalism" and "deep ideological polarization" among the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys and staff who are charged with enforcing the nation's voting laws. Legal experts with the Project 21 black leadership network condemn this apparent liberal campaign of intimidation toward those who believe in a race-neutral application of ...
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Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Old Law Requiring U.S. Department of Justice Pre-Approval for Voting Law Changes in All or Part of 16 States Based on Discrimination that Occurred in 1964 Conservative Group Says Eric Holder's DOJ is Now Misusing Section 5 to Fight Voter ID Washington, D.C. - Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow, Feb. 27, on the constitutionality of "preclearance" standards mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are siding with the local government challenging the constitutionality of federal oversight over voting laws in certain ...
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Project 21 Joins the Pacific Legal Foundation and Others in Filing Amicus Brief in Continuing Case of Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin Case to be Reheard by 5th Circuit on Order of the U.S. Supreme Court Washington, D.C. - The Project 21 black leadership network has submitted an amicus brief in the ongoing affirmative action case of Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The case will be reheard November 13 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a June 24 7-1 decision, remanded the ...
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Project 21 Joins in Amicus Brief by the Pacific Legal Foundation Alleging the Government's Use of Racial Stereotypes is Unconstitutional and Demeaning Washington, D.C. - A legal brief written by the Pacific Legal Foundation and filed October 15 on behalf of itself, the Project 21 black leadership network and others criticizes the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for improperly using racial stereotypes as the foundation for a lawsuit against a business alleging disparate impact on minorities. In the case of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, et. al., the government is suing an employer for instituting a ...
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Legal Brief Argues Voting Rights Act's Selective "Preclearance" Restrictions are Outdated, Onerous and Being Abused by Obama Administration Court Asked to Make Nearly 50-Year-Old Civil Rights Law Applicable to 21st Century America Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the constitutionality of "preclearance" standards in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Project 21 black leadership network has filed a legal brief with the Court arguing that the Department of Justice is using an obsolete portion of that law to justify a race-conscious administration of justice and to obstruct voting laws in affected states ...
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Black Conservatives Welcome Bringing Nearly 50-Year-Old Law Based on 50-Year-Old Presumptions Into the 21st Century Project 21 Black Leadership Network Joined Court Brief Supporting Challenge Washington, D.C. - By agreeing today to examine the constitutionality of an outdated portion of the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court is stepping in where Congress shirked its responsibility, say black conservatives with the Project 21 black leadership network. The case is Shelby County, Alabama v. Eric H. Holder, Jr. "We applaud the Supreme Court for agreeing to hear a case that will impact local municipalities and their ability to ensure that the ...
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As Important Public Policy Debates Shift to the Courts, Project 21 Selects Former Senate Judiciary Committee Counsel and a Former Law Professor as Co-Chairmen MSNBC Hosts Expected to Become Even More Unhinged Washington, D.C. - Two seasoned legal scholars, former Senate Judiciary Committee senior counsel Cherylyn Harley LeBon and former George Mason University assistant law professor Horace Cooper, have been tapped to be the new co-chairmen of Project 21, The National Center for Public Policy Research announced today. Project 21 is a black leadership network founded 20 years ago to increase the diversity of black opinion by promoting black leaders ...
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roject 21's John Meredith, Son of Civil Rights Icon James Meredith, Speaks Out Against Race Preferences, says His Father "Academically Earned His Place" at Ole Miss in 1962 Seeks End to "Any Practice That Would Force a School to Admit Anyone Other Than the Best Academic Candidate" Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, October 10, at approximately 1:00 PM eastern, justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. Should the justices overturn 2003's Grutter ruling that determined that campus diversity is a "compelling state interest" by ...
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Voter Protection Upheld, But Obama Administration Stalling Keeps Fraud Prospects Alive for Upcoming Election Judges Find Photo ID Law Does Not Discriminate Against Minorities Washington, D.C. - A federal ruling against the Obama Administration's assault on vote fraud protections in South Carolina is being cheered by legal experts with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Voter ID Task Force and the Project 21 black leadership network. The fact that this safeguard cannot be enforced during the upcoming election, however, is considered an unfortunate judicial concession that only guarantees fraud will continue in the short term. "Yet another legal victory ...
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Section 5 "Preclearance" Standard is Now Enforced Against Alabama as if George Wallace Still Governor; Other States Similarly Judged By Pre-1965 Behavior Legislative Branch's "Lack of Leadership" in Ending 47-Year-Old "Extreme Temporary Measure" Criticized Washington, D.C. - In a recently-filed legal brief, the Project 21 black leadership network is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a case regarding the constitutionality of a "outdated" portion of the Voting Rights Act that creates "a dramatic upheaval to the relationship between the federal government and the states." "It is essential that the Supreme Court weigh in and eliminate outmoded provisions that treat ...
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Washington, D.C. - As supporters of traditional marriage participate in "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" with visits to the fast-food restaurant chain on Wednesday, August 1, black activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out in favor of the company's right to operate under its founder's faith-based philosophy. "Protests against Chick-fil-A represent one more glaring demonstration of how those who profess to exemplify the intrinsic worth of 'tolerance' and 'diversity' lack the very virtues they self-righteously claim to hold -- especially when it comes to Christianity," said Project 21 spokesman Derryck Green. "Chick-fil-A executives and others who share a ...
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Nation's Top Cop Plays Racial Politics to Oppose Ballot Integrity Advocates Washington, D.C. - Black activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are highly critical of Attorney General Eric Holder for pushing racial rhetoric and political divisiveness over the need to protect the voting process from identity theft and election fraud at the NAACP convention Tuesday. During his speech at today's session of the NAACP's national convention in Houston, Holder, the nation's highest-ranking lawyer, escalated the Obama Administration's brazenly political attack on democratically-enacted, state-level ballot protection laws by calling the requirement of a government-issued ID to confirm one's identity ...
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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network are disappointed by today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "ObamaCare." Project 21 spokeswoman Dr. Elaina George, a board-certified otolaryngologist, said: "By upholding ObamaCare, the Supreme Court ignored the Constitution. It placed corporate interests and profits, along with government control, above the needs of doctors and patients. This decision virtually guarantees the destruction of the doctor-patient relationship, and -- along with it -- individualized health care, innovation and access while it perpetuates the worst aspects of our medical ...
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Misguided Attempts to Play 'Race Card' Derided by Former Hill Staff Washington, D.C. - Today's bipartisan vote holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide requested information to congressional investigators about the bungled "Operation Fast and Furious" ATF gun-smuggling sting is supported by black activists from Project 21. "Eric Holder's race has nothing to do with the fact that, as Attorney General, he has shown that he cannot abide by the Constitution that he swore to uphold and protect," said Project 21 spokesman Council Nedd II. "As a former congressional investigator, I know that ...
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Washington, D.C. - Attorney General Eric Holder's unwillingness to work with congressional investigators to provide requested information about the failed "Operation Fast and Furious" federal gun-smuggling sting is the reason he is facing a contempt citation and has nothing to do with his skin color, said members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Despite attempts by Holder's defenders to play the race card, Project 21 legal experts who worked in senior positions on Capitol Hill say that Holder's ethnicity is not a motivating factor in the calls for the Attorney General's resignation and the possible contempt citation. "Race has ...
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Washington, DC - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are marking the commemoration of "Juneteenth" -- the oldest and most-recognized observance of the end of slavery in the United States -- by asking the black community and Americans as a whole to look to the past for how to guide the future. Project 21 members implore people to recognize the passion for freedom and improvement shown by newly-freed slaves almost 150 years ago as they guard against possible threats to their liberty today. "On this Juneteenth holiday, we acknowledge and commemorate the valiant efforts of the African-Americans who ...
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Laws Should Be Enacted by Legislative Branch, Not Imposed By Executive Fiat, Activists Add Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network say the Obama Administration's just-announced radical change in U.S. immigration policy poses a threat to unemployed citizens who are seeking jobs. The activists also are critical of what they consider the Executive Branch's usurpation of Legislative Branch authority. "How is it possible that the Obama Administration can see fit to essentially grant immunity and create access to jobs for illegal aliens between the ages of 16 and 30 when unemployment among legal citizens of the ...
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Delegation from Black Conservative Project 21 Appears Before United Nations to Support Voter Integrity Safeguards and Counter NAACP Request Claims of NAACP Dispelled: Project 21 Delegation Satisfied New York City, NY / Washington, DC - A delegation from the Project 21 black leadership network met Thursday with United Nations officials, countering an NAACP request for an official United Nations investigation of U.S. state-level voter ID laws. Project 21 members Horace Cooper, Deroy Murdock and Council Nedd II met Thursday with Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic and human rights officer Giorgia Passarelli of the Office of the United ...
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