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01-11-2017, 12:56 PM
Civil Rights Commissioner: Sessions’ Record Shows ‘Legally Sound, Intellectually Honest’ Approach to Civil Rights
- Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, testified Wednesday that a review of the bills that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), nominee for attorney general, has sponsored and co-sponsored during his time in the Senate “as well as his public activities and actions” showed that his “approach to civil rights is consistent, is legally sound, intellectually honest,” and that he “has an appreciation and understanding of the historical bases for civil rights laws.”
“Our examination found that Senator Sessions’ approach to civil rights matters – both in terms of his legislative record and his other actions - is consistent with mainstream textural interpretation of relevant statutory and constitutional authority as well as governing precedent,” Kirsanow told the Senate Judiciary Committee at Sessions’ confirmation hearing. http://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/content_30p/s3/peter_kirsanow.jpg
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/civil-rights-commissioner-sessions-legislative-record-shows-consistent
- Peter Kirsanow, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, testified Wednesday that a review of the bills that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), nominee for attorney general, has sponsored and co-sponsored during his time in the Senate “as well as his public activities and actions” showed that his “approach to civil rights is consistent, is legally sound, intellectually honest,” and that he “has an appreciation and understanding of the historical bases for civil rights laws.”
“Our examination found that Senator Sessions’ approach to civil rights matters – both in terms of his legislative record and his other actions - is consistent with mainstream textural interpretation of relevant statutory and constitutional authority as well as governing precedent,” Kirsanow told the Senate Judiciary Committee at Sessions’ confirmation hearing. http://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/content_30p/s3/peter_kirsanow.jpg
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/civil-rights-commissioner-sessions-legislative-record-shows-consistent