THE CRUX OF IT: Nominations should be and are being opposed.
Drumpf’s pick for Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being vehemently opposed.
The NAACP staged a sit-in protest at the office of the Senator in Alabama. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks declared that he will continue to occupy the office until the protest results in either Sessions’ withdrawal or their arrest. The latter occurred Tuesday evening when Brooks and six others were charged with criminal trespass in the second-degree, CNN reported.
The opposition to Sessions stems from a history of racism and voter suppression.
Sessions was appointed by Reagan for a federal judgeship in 1986. But Sessions was deemed to be too racist for the role and his nomination was later rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee following a series of confirmation hearings during which he addressed numerous allegations, including that he once called a black attorney “boy,” joked that he thought the Ku Klux Klan was ‘OK’ ― that is, until he discovered that members smoked marijuana ― and referred to civil rights groups, like the NAACP, as “un-American.”
At the same time, a group of more than 1,100 law school professors from across the country is sending a letter to Congress on Tuesday urging the Senate to reject the nomination. The letter was signed by professors from 170 law schools in 48 states.
The letter states, “We are convinced that Jeff Sessions will not fairly enforce our nation’s laws and promote justice and equality in the United States”.
Although there is always political machination and objections by opposing parties, there is a distinct difference that is prevalent in this years election.
There are multiple examples of people who are being suggested for positions that have a definitive record of misconduct- not some partisan subjective opinion, but clear records in the form of court cases and failed nominations and printed affirmations.
But…
Ultimately…
None of this truly matters in this modern era of “Inconsequential Facts”.
For some reason, many people are being allowed to say and do virtually ANYTHING with no repercussions or hindrance to their ambition.
