The Power of Two: A noble minority on the Civil Rights Commission - commission report, with two dissenting votes, concluded that African Americans were more likely to be disenfranchised in Florida, than whites

National Review, Sept 17, 2001 by John J. Miller

The good news is that the Thernstrom-Redenbaugh dissent has seen the light of day: Both National Review and the Manhattan Institute posted it on their websites as the controversy unfolded. The American Enterprise Institute also plans to publish the dissent this fall. Yet it's amazing how this whole story-a gift-wrapped package for reporters sniffing around for little scandals-received nary a word elsewhere.

But there's still time: Berry's top objective for the commission's September meeting is to rewrite the rules governing dissents, no doubt to bestow a retroactive blessing on what can only be described as censorship.

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