Under Trump, Approach to Civil Rights Law Likely to Change Definitively
By MATT APUZZO
JAN. 19, 2017
... President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, opposes not only the Justice Department’s specific policies on civil rights but its entire approach. While liberal Democrats have criticized Mr. Sessions’s views on specific issues like gay marriage and voting, the larger difference is how differently the Trump administration will view the government’s role in those areas ...
At this confirmation hearing, Mr. Sessions harkened to the era of segregation in arguing that there was no need for the federal government to become involved in prosecuting crimes against women or gay people that were already being prosecuted locally. “I am not sure women or people with different sexual orientations face that kind of discrimination. I just don’t see it,” Mr. Sessions said, denying that he was anti-gay or anti-women ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/civil-rights-justice-department-donald-trump.html
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I mean, c'mon, they were treated pretty well, right? Not as good as the Katrina refugees who had the privilege of staying in the 5 star "Superdome Hilton", but still...
So, excuse me if I don't put a lot of faith in Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III's powers of observation when it comes to civil rights violations.
