Posted on 02/09/2017 11:30:59 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., urged Congress in a letter to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for federal judge, saying that allowing him to join the federal bench would irreparably damage the work of my husband. The letter, previously unavailable publicly, was obtained on Tuesday by The Washington Post.
(Read the full letter below)
Anyone who has used the power of his office as United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not be elevated to our courts, King wrote in the cover page of her nine-page letter opposing Sessionss nomination, which failed. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters. For this reprehensible conduct, he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship.
Thirty years later, Sessions, now a senator, is again undergoing confirmation hearings as President-elect Donald Trumps nominee for attorney general, and he is facing fierce opposition from civil rights groups.
.....
BuzzFeed News first reported the existence of the letter earlier Tuesday, noting that it was never entered into the congressional record by then-Judiciary Committee Chair Strom Thurmond.
The full letter (Mobile users read here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259988-Scott-King-1986-Letter-and-Testimony-Signed.html#document/p1):
(Full text in PDF, unable to copy and paste)
.....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Are you young or old addled? MLK did not call for revolution
Really none of your damned business but I happen to be old. Marches, street demonstrations calling for immediate changes in the law and so on are revolutionary whether you choose to call them peaceful or not.
Booker T. Washington’s approach of self-directed improvement would accomplish all of the goals with none of the tragic side effects we’ve witnessed all these years.
Yeah it’s a bad thing to want to constitution to be enforced. Tea party would not exist without peaceable assembly and organizing
How many boycotts have we staged?
And no, the Civil Rights movement doesn't care about the Constitution; they have nothing positive to say about it. The only part they ever invoke is the 3/5 clause. They merely use it to push their agenda.
I am not talking about today. I am talking about fifty years ago
And conservatives have called for lots of boycotts...they even show up here at afR
There's a reason I cite the character of the Civil Rights industry:
Fruit of the poison tree.
Fifty years ago, word was that MLK was red. We haven't been able to prove it either way because Democrats sealed his records. As Church Lady would say: how conveeeenient!
Nonetheless, the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. As the Lord said, by their fruit you shall know them.
Last word on this:
I have chosen to not drink from the cultural Kool-aid. I don't hate you because you do and don't even resent that you think less of me because of my choice. But as a black man living in America, I can tell you that person has not yet been born who can tell ME how to think!!
Oddly enough I was not trying to tell you how to think, only giving you my perspective.
I agree the current (and true for too long) civil rights industry is nothing but a power seeking, money grubbing mess.
I suspect you and I agree on more than we disagree.
I go in peace
So you’re going to let what she has to say stand unanswered because you don’t like her act. OK. Good luck with that. I’d rather refute. Keep the liberactinaries grasping for straws.
Coretta Scott King is roughly 100 times as untouchable as Khizr Khan.
Anybody who's followed her career knows that she sold out to the race baiters and civil rights hustlers years ago; the LIV crowd doesn't. The fact that she's dead puts her opinions even further beyond question. It's better to pick your battles.
Sessions will suffer far less by leaving her silly letter alone.
“Sessions will suffer far less by leaving her silly letter alone.”
I agree that Sessions should keep well out of such nonsense. And Trump with his Tweeting can only accomplish so much and then it starts degrading him. That’s why we have and are part of the movement. Such attacks will keep coming, and we can’t allow them to go unanswered.
The snowflakes start accumulating on the ground if you don’t spread rock salt over them on a regular basis. MAGA hat-wearers and Freepers are the ones to answer this crap, and keep the snow from accumulating and obstructing the machinery necessary to build walls, drain swamps, and all that that entails. That’s what Newt meant when he said that Trump can’t do everything on his own, and he needs a movement.
I’d also say that we need original sources on the Perry County case. I wonder if the author of that article has trial transcripts?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.