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LCCHR Releases Powerful Video on Sen. Sessions
1/31/17
WASHINGTON – Today, The Leadership Conference on Human and Civil Rights released a video highlighting Sessions' attempt to jail Alabama civil rights workers who were registering black voters in 1985.
The video features one of Sessions’ victims, Evelyn Turner, discussing how she was targeted for wrongful prosecution for helping elderly Black voters. In the video, she declares that “Jeff Sessions has not changed one bit.”
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Five Things to Know About Jeff Sessions’ Testimony
1/30/17
Read the PDF version of our fact sheet.
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Janai Nelson in Huffington Post Blog: DOJ’s Responsibility to Serve as Impartial Bulwark of Democracy
1/30/17Source:The Huffington PostJudge Pryor is just one of dozens of federal judges around the country who have ruled that states or municipalities have diluted, disenfranchised, or otherwise devised illegal, unconstitutional schemes to deny minorities their rightful electoral power. Just weeks before the Alabama decision, George W. Bush appointee Judge Lee Rosenthal issued a decision finding that Pasadena, Texas implemented a voting plan for city council seats that ensured that “Latino voters do not have the same right to vote as their Anglo neighbors.”
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Sessions, DeVos Hearings Underscore Unqualified to Lead
1/30/17
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Elizabeth Olsson: Hearing Underscores Betsy DeVos Unqualified to Lead Department of Education
1/30/17Source:MediumHearing Underscores Betsy DeVos Unqualified to Lead Department of Education
The confirmation hearing of Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos did little to assuage our concerns about her fitness to serve. In fact, her testimony raised new apprehensions. It seems clear from her responses to questions presented by senators, Ms. DeVos is unaware of her legal obligations under critical federal education laws.