Opposition grows to Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
el NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., el National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, NCLR y el Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). ENGLISH
As reported by a coalition of organizations, Sessions’ initial Senate Judiciary Questionnaire had hundreds of concerning omissions. Despite a supplement of new entries submitted weeks later, a second report demonstrated that his application is still astonishingly incomplete, and, the groups say, Sessions' hypocrisy has been breathtaking.
The civil rights leaders also believe Sessions has grossly misrepresented his civil rights record by claiming that cases he had “no substantive involvement in” were among the most significant he personally handled. They say Sessions’ disregard for the Senate requirements shows a fundamental disregard for the office of Attorney General and for the Senate itself.
Sessions is widely acknowledged to have a 30-year record of racial insensitivity, bias against immigrants, disregard for the rule of law, and hostility towards the protection of civil rights that makes him unfit to serve as the Attorney General of the United States.
“Senator Jeff Sessions has been the architect of the most extreme and antiimmigrant views and positions that have been promoted by President-elect Donald Trump,” said Janet Murguía, President and CEO of National Council of La Raza. “Throughout his career he has staunchly opposed the progress of historically disenfranchised groups, whether it’s Blacks, Latinos, LGBT Americans, or women. Those of us who fight for a just society that values diversity and equal treatment under the law for all must work together to stop his confirmation as our nation's next attorney general.”
Groups opposing Session’s confirmation include The Leadership Conference, the National Action Network, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, NCLR and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).