Government,
Civil Rights
Jan. 18, 2017
My case against Jeff Sessions for AG
Last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Jeff Sessions powerfully demonstrated why he should not be confirmed for attorney general of the United States.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Jeff Sessions powerfully demonstrated why he should not be confirmed for attorney general of the United States. Neither Sessions nor his supporters could point to a single thing that Sessions ever has done to advance the protection of civil rights for racial minorities, for women, or for gays and lesbians. His statements confirmed the concerns that caused over 1,400 law professors, including me, to sign a letter urging the Senate Judiciary...
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