AFJ: Barrett, Larsen and Dreiband should not be confirmed

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Sixth Circuit judicial nominee Joan Larsen, Seventh Circuit judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and Eric Dreiband, nominated to head the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, Alliance for Justice (AFJ) President Nan Aron spoke out against all three of the nominees opposing their confirmation….

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Historic confirmation as Eric Fanning becomes first openly-gay secretary of the U.S. Army

The Senate has confirmed Eric Fanning to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Army. Fanning is the first openly-gay leader of a U.S. military service, and is now the highest-ranking, Senate-confirmed openly-LGBT appointed official. Fanning was nominated by President Barack Obama in September, and the nomination was reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee in…

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