Bush's
administration. If that is what John Yoo is saying, then we should all
be worried. Think of what the President might do with an Attorney General in
place who shares his philosophy on immigrants, minority communities,
gay Americans, voting rights, and women's rights. The NAACP has pulled together a list of facts about the Senator that
further flushes out this philosophy, and it is deeply concerning. In July 2015, during the confirmation hearing of a district
court nominee from Maryland, Sessions made the nominee answer
for her career as a public defender and civil rights lawyer,
and invoked Freddie Gray, the teenager unlawfully arrested
and killed by Baltimore police in 2015, as a client
inappropriate for a lawyer nominated to the bench:
``Can you assure the police officers in Baltimore and all
over Maryland that might be brought before your court, that
they'll get a fair day in court and that your history would
not impact your decisionmaking?'' he asked.
``And I raise that particularly because I see your firm is
representing Mr.
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