• Justice Deferred: Tom Perez In at the Civil Rights Division

    After months of Republican blocking behind the scenes, Tom Perez has finally been confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Perez was considered an uber-qualified candidate by civil rights groups.
    Tom Perez Finally Confirmed for Key Civil Rights Post at Justice Department
  • Sotomayor v. Sessions

    "There you go again." By that, I mean the GOP. Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, can’t seem to grasp that American jurisprudence is about more than just the application of the law to the facts, or that our Constitution has proven time and time again to be one of the most pliable, flexible, living, breathing documents ever to be written in the history of man....
    The First Day of Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings Exposes Republican Hypocrisy
  • The Sotomayor Sessions

    Will Republicans continue to advance divisive politics rooted in America’s sad history of racism and exclusion? Or can they rise to meet the challenges of 21st-century, multicultural America with dignity and honor?
    NAACP President Ben Jealous Asks: Will Republicans Continue to Advance Divisive Politics During Sotomayor Confirmation?
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