New EEOC Chair Named

On Tuesday, the White House announced that President George W. Bush intends to designate Naomi Churchill Earp to be Chairman of the 5-member Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Earp currently serves as Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the Commission. A Hampton Roads (VA) Daily Press story says that Earp is currently serving her second term on the EEOC, and that she previously worked at the EEOC in the 1980's as assistant to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas when he served as EEOC chairman. The EEOC enforces six different federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in employment, including religious discrimination.