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An announcement was made on Thursday of the intended resignation at the end of this month of US Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim. Kim, who was nominated by President George W. Bush in the spring of 2005 and confirmed by the US Senate in November of the same year, was instrumental in the re-authorization of the Voting Rights Act of 2006. (more…)

It was recently announced by Michael Vick’s defense attorney, Billy Martin, that Vick has agreed to a plea bargain to plead guilty in the charges against him for his participation in illegal dogfighting activities on his property in Virginia. (more…)

No decision has yet been issued by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell in the matter concerning the federal indictment of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.

Vick and 3 other defendants have been charged with conspiring to engage in competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the enterprise across state lines.

Reports indicate Commissioner Goodell is waiting for a reportto be asubmitted by hired observers, a group led by former deputy U.S. attorney general Eric Holder.

Roger Goodell has the authority, based on his newly implemented personal conduct policy; a regulation which supercedes the former violent crime policy, to impose upon Vick a suspension which could be effective coincidental to any prison sentence prescribed by the federal court in Virginia or following Vick’s release from law enforcement custody.

Vick is expected to appear before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson to make a formal guilty plea on Monday August 27, 2007.

Earlier this month it was widely reported Bruce Gordon, the former Verizon Communications executive, resigned from the position of CEO of the venerated civil rights organization the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (more…)