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Where in the CRA is the part that states banks had to make loans to unqualified minority applicants?

Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010

If the CRA is at the heart of the problem, why was Texas spared?

Think Progress » Tea Party Movement As Popular As Socialism 2010

Which leaves one cautionary note to those for whom the CRA is the Holiest of Holies.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Activist Government” and the Rights of Minorities 2010

I see Mr. Sailer, who apparently has a need to find scapegoats in poor people, has qualified his explanation to somehow claim that the CRA is at fault for changing the culture of banking and lending.

Matthew Yglesias » Mortgage Plan Analysis 2009

Where in the CRA is the part that states banks had to make loans to unqualified minority applicants?

Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010

The legal support for the CRA comes from the Commerce Clause.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010

Whether anyone has a “right” to eat in high-end restaurants, at least before the CRA, is not my question.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Activist Government” and the Rights of Minorities 2010

C in CRA means community bank, Dr Hunt, not Investment bank.

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A lot of non-CRA-covered companies – like Countrtwide – made loans in CRA-covered areas, in order to sell them, but since they are not covered by the CRA, then the CRA had nothing to do with the decision to originate the loan.

Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Budget 2009

I think what troubles me about Paul, in addition to his position about the CRA, is what he chooses to be ideologically “pure” about.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010