Maine Sen. Susan Collins Will Introduce Sessions at Hearing on Attorney General Nomination
WASHINGTON - Sen. Susan Collins will introduce Sen. Jeff Sessions at a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, on his nomination to U.S. Attorney General.
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 top law enforcement official who will protect the civil rights and liberties of all Americans equally,” said Alison Beyea, executive director of the ACLU of Maine. “Sen. Jeff Sessions' record raises many questions about his commitment to protecting people of color, LGBTQ people, women and differently-abled people. The Senate must demand answers to those questions before they decide if he is the right person for the job."
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.
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-sessions
