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ACLU vows to sue Sessions if he violates Constitution as AG
The Hill ^
| February 8, 2017
| Jennifer Calfas
Posted on 02/08/2017 6:01:22 PM PST by jazusamo
The American Civil Liberties Union vowed to sue Jeff Sessions if he violates the Constitution immediately after he was confirmed by the Senate as attorney general.
“If he violates the Constitution, we’ll sue,” the ACLU tweeted on Wednesday night.
The ACLU made the first successful lawsuit against the Trump administration in late January when it filed a complaint on behalf of two men who were detained at an airport as a result of Trump’s controversial executive order.
A federal judge filed an emergency stay on parts of the executive order at the time as a result.
The group has received a flood of donations and is setting itself up as one of the key players in coming legal fights over Trump's agenda.
Sessions was confirmed by the Senate after a contentious, all-night debate about his nomination. Sessions, a senator from Alabama, was eventually confirmed in a 52-47 vote.
The vote came after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was barred from speaking on the Senate floor against Sessions Tuesday night. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said her speech, in which she was reading a letter by Coretta Scott King against Sessions's federal judgeship nomination in the 1980s, was impugning another member of the Senate.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclu; agsessions; attorneygeneral; jeffsessions; leftism; sessions
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The leftist ACLU and The Hill can't wait to demean new Attorney General Jeff Sessions for more than a couple hours after his confirmation plus the commies at the hill couldn't have selected a worse photo of a man with integrity.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:01:22 PM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Does the ACLU have a 2A department?
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:02:42 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: jazusamo
Yeah, like they did with Eric Holder.
To: jazusamo
My guess is that Sessions has more knowledge of the Constitution than the ACLU...
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:09 PM PST
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: jazusamo
Where was the ACLU the past 8 years?
To: Paladin2
Just like Holder and Lynch.
To: jazusamo
I see dozens of indictments on the way. How about you ACLU?
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:28 PM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
To: jazusamo
Defund the ACLU.
Fine it into oblivion when it loses its case.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:39 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: jazusamo
They can GTH for troubling this good man with false accusations.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:54 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny (agent Able Deplor))
To: jazusamo
Just like they did 0bozo when his AG did.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:05:07 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: Billthedrill
I just got this in my FB and I LOVE it !
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:05:32 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: jazusamo
They can GTH for troubling this good man with false accusations.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:05:38 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny (agent Able Deplor))
To: jazusamo
The ACLU is full of blowhards who always seem to be on the wrong side of the law unless you consider that George Soros provides part of their funding then it all makes sense.
To: jazusamo
And if ACLU breaks the law, Sessions will arrest them and throw them in jail.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:05:52 PM PST
by
bigbob
(We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
To: jazusamo
"ACLU vows to sue Sessions if he violates Constitution as A" No kidding. /s Where were these folks for the last eight years of total lawlessness?
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:06:21 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: jazusamo
I wouldn’t say the ACLU filed a successful lawsuit until there is a final judgment. Merely getting a restraining order or injunction is not the end.
Too bad the ACLU wasn’t as concerned over the shenanigans of Holder or Lynch.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:06:23 PM PST
by
Finnwolf
(It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two and those who have not swords can still die upon them.)
To: JBW1949
My guess is that Sessions has more knowledge of the Constitution than the ACLU...Absolutely!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:06:31 PM PST
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
The American Civil Liberties Union vowed to sue Jeff Sessions if he violates the Constitution How would the ACLU know? All they know is whether they approve or disapprove of whatever's been done.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:06:54 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(Congratulations to Attorney General Jeff Sessions!)
To: bigbob
And if ACLU breaks the law, Sessions will arrest them and throw them in jail.EXCELLENT!!!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:07:49 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(Congratulations to Attorney General Jeff Sessions!)
To: VRW Conspirator
I hope that George Soros has a paper with his name on it waiting for Jeff’s signature.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:07:50 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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