Amy Goodman
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ACLU & NAACP LDF: Sessions Unfit for Post Defending Civil Rights & Enforcing Laws on Discrimination
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15:17Now PlayingThe first of a twoday confirmation hearing for Presidentelect Donald Trump’s controversial attorney general nominee begins today. Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama faces questions from his colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, where he serves as chair of the immigration subcommittee. Trump’s pick has drawn widespread outrage because of Sessions’s opposition to the Voting Rights Act, support for antiimmigration legislation and history of making racist comments. We are joined by David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, who is set to testify at Sessions’ Senate hearing, and with Kyle Barry, policy counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and coauthor their report opposing Jeff Sessions’s nomination.
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