[ACLU-CU ALERT] Nomination of Jeff Sessions for US Atty General

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

Dear Champaign County ACLU Members,



            The Senate Confirmation Hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions for
United States Attorney General will begin Tuesday January 10 at 9:30 am
EST.



http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/03/2017/attorney-general-nomination-01-10-17



            While the ACLU does not take a position on executive branch
appointments, the ACLU has put out an analysis of Senator Jeff Sessions’s
history on critical civil rights issues, including voting rights,
immigration, mass incarceration, police review, LGBT rights, and others.



A summary of the Sessions report is here:

https://www.aclu.org/feature/confirmation-sessions



The full report can be found here:

https://www.aclu.org/report/report-confirmation-sessionsPhone



            We urge you to share this report widely. We also urge you to
CONTACT members of the Senate Judiciary Committee through their websites or
by phone. Urge them to make sure the confirmation process is comprehensive.
It is imperative that, before they vote, the members of the committee ask
Senator Sessions the questions the ACLU has posed.



CONTACT:



Senate Judiciary Committee Members List:

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members



Committee Phone Number:   202-224-5225



Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman: Senator Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa)

202-224-3744

515-288-1145 (Des Moines office)


WEBSITE CONTACT:

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/constituents/questions-and-comments



Committee Member from Illinois and ACLU ally: Senator Dick Durbin

202.224.2152 Washington office

217.492.4062 Springfield office





ACLU STATEMENT January 4, 2017


WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union released a comprehensive
analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of
the January 10-11 confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s
pick for attorney general. The ACLU report examines Sessions’ handling of
voting rights, police reform, immigration, mass incarceration, religious
liberty, LGBT equality, privacy and surveillance, torture, abortion, and
sexual assault issues.



“The American people deserve a full vetting of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record
if he is to become the nation’s top law enforcement official,” said ACLU
Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. “If the Senate does their job well,
Congress and the American public will know if Sessions is the most
qualified person to be the 84th attorney general of the United States of
America. All Americans must have confidence that the highest law
enforcement official in the country will protect them from discrimination
and injustice. Trump and Sessions’ commitment to ‘law and order’ must
embrace justice.”



The ACLU does not take positions supporting or opposing executive branch or
judicial nominations. It does, however, educate the American people and
Congress about nominees’ records and past positions on important civil
rights and civil liberties issues. The ACLU is a non-partisan organization.
For 96 years, the ACLU has fought to defend the rights enshrined in our
Constitution and has never opposed or supported an elected official. The
organization has worked with and against both Democrats and Republicans in
the Oval Office, in Congress, and across the country.


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