WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Senator Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., will be President-elect Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, the office primarily responsible for enforcing our nation’s civil rights laws:[Read More…]
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Statement of Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen on the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. The following statement is from Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. “We have known Senator Sessions for many years. As the U.S. attorney in Mobile, Alabama, in the early 1980s, he was extremely helpful to us while we were representing the family of Michael Donald,[Read More…]
National Education Association, Labor, Civil Rights, and Faith Groups Call on Trump to Denounce Hate-Fueled Acts
NEA launches national campaign urging the public to “Speak Up” for students WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)– November 18, 2016 – The National Education Association today joined civil rights, faith leaders, and other advocates to ask President-Elect Donald Trump to leverage his position to call for an end to the recent wave of[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement On The Conclusion Of COP22
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Today, the COP22 climate negotiations concluded in Marrakech, Morocco. This year’s climate negotiations followed a year of historic progress: more than 175 nations signing the Paris Agreement on Earth Day 2016, the adoption of the Kigali Amendment to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, the Paris Agreement’s entry[Read More…]
Sierra Club: ‘Any Senator Who Believes in Justice Shouldn’t Put Jeff Sessions in Charge of Ensuring It”
Nation’s largest environmental organization asks Senate to stand up for Americans and oppose designation WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. This week, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to appoint Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General. In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, released the following statement:[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ John Norris Calls on President-Elect Trump to Reverse Decision to Nominate Lt. Gen. Flynn for National Security Adviser
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Center for American Progress Senior Fellow John Norris issued the following statement regarding the decision to appoint retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as the national security adviser: The selection of Lt. Gen. Flynn as national security adviser is further troubling evidence of President-elect Donald Trump’s lack[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director: Japanese Internment, Muslim Registration Undermine Most Basic Constitutional Values
“Not Just Locker Room Talk” New York –(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. In response to statements made last night by a surrogate for Donald Trump effectively endorsing Japanese internment, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy made the following statement: Last night, a Donald Trump surrogate cited the internment of Japanese[Read More…]
People’s Action Calls For Uncompromising Opposition to Sen. Jeff Sessions As Attorney General
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Isaiah J. Poole, Director of Communications for People’s Action, issued the following statement in light of President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general: “The nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general is one more way the Trump administration shows its[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Potential Sessions and Pompeo Nominations
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. In response to reports that Sen. Jeff Sessions will be nominated for the position of Attorney General and Rep. Mike Pompeo for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero made the following statement: “As a matter of organizational policy, the[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Japanese Internment, Muslim Registry Comments from Trump Backer
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. A prominent backer of Donald Trump, Carl Higbie, recently cited the Japanese-American internment camps created during World War II as precedent for reviving a discredited and disbanded Bush-era Muslim immigrant registry and interview program called NSEERS. Cecillia Wang, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’[Read More…]
