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Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Resigns
Friday, August 24th, 2007 @ 6:42 pm | Civil Rights, Democrats, Justice, Republicans, US Politics, We Think, You think so
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.
Attorney Kim, who began his career in the justice department as a trial attorney in the honors program more than 10 years ago, was also an integral part of the investigation and prosecution of unsolved murder cases of the Civil Rights Era.
Under Mr. Kim’s leadership the Civil Rights Division achieved record setting levels of enforcement in areas including filing more voting rights lawsuits in one year than had been filed in the previous 30 years.
Mr. Kim also proved to be an able advocate by supervising major initiatives in housing discrimination, religious liberties, persons with disabilities and prosecution of those involved in human trafficking.
In this era of Alberto “The Torturer” Gonzales we can understand why a man of apparent integrity, as Mr. Kim seemingly is, must resign after only 10 years in the department.
We wish Wan J. Kim much success in his future endeavors, and we thank you for your help in trying to keep the playing field level.
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