GOP [white party] drops 'civil rights and human rights' from subcommittee name

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The new GOP chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee changed the name of the panel, dropping "civil rights" and "human rights" from its title. The subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights is now simply the subcommittee on the Constitution. The subcommittee names are chosen by its chair, so Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is responsible for the switch...Civil rights leaders are displeased. Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, called it "a discouraging sign" in a news release Friday.