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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri">Dear Champaign County ACLU Members,<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri"> The
Senate Confirmation Hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions for United States
Attorney General will begin Tuesday January 10 at 9:30 am EST. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/03/2017/attorney-general-nomination-01-10-17">http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/03/2017/attorney-general-nomination-01-10-17</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:calibri">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. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(42,47,52)">A summary
of the Sessions report is here:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(42,47,52)"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/feature/confirmation-sessions"><span style="color:rgb(42,47,52)">https://www.aclu.org/feature/confirmation-sessions</span></a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(42,47,52)">The full
report can be found here:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:georgia;color:rgb(42,47,52)"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/report/report-confirmation-sessions"><span style="color:rgb(42,47,52)">https://www.aclu.org/report/report-confirmation-sessions</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:montserrat-regular;color:white">Phone</span><span style="font-family:calibri"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri"> 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. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:calibri">CONTACT:<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Senate Judiciary Committee Members List:<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members">https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Committee Phone Number:
202-224-5225<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman: Senator Chuck Grassley
(R. Iowa)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:helvetica">202-224-3744<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:helvetica">515-288-1145 (Des Moines office)</span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:helvetica">WEBSITE CONTACT:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/constituents/questions-and-comments">https://www.grassley.senate.gov/constituents/questions-and-comments</a><span style="font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Committee Member from Illinois and ACLU ally: Senator Dick Durbin<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38)">202.224.2152
Washington office<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'helvetica neue';color:rgb(38,38,38)">217.492.4062
Springfield office</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria">ACLU STATEMENT <span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(42,47,52);font-family:cambria">January 4, 2017</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)">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.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)">“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.” <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)">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.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(42,47,52)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#2a2f34" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best wishes for the new year and thanks for all you do. Join us on Facebook!</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#2a2f34" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#2a2f34" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Your chapter steering committee</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aclu-cu.org">http://www.aclu-cu.org</a><font color="#2a2f34" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:info@aclu-cu.org">info@aclu-cu.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="cid:ii_1597fd572c04a0a8" alt="Inline image 1" width="432" height="204"><br></p>
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