National Association Of the Deaf (NAD) Action Alert---Stop Jeffrey Sutton!
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NAD Action Alert -- Stop Sutton!
>From the National Association of the Deaf
Release Date: February 11, 2003
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Action Alert – Stop Sutton!
On Thursday, February 13, 2003 the United States Senat Judiciary Committee will vote on the confirmation of Jeffrey Sutton, judicial nominee to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is just one step away from the Supreme Court. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is opposed to Sutton's nomination.
Who is Sutton?
Sutton, a States' Rights ideologue, has aggressively fought against the ADA, Olmstead and many other civil rights protections that protect Americans with disabilities.
The NAD is not opposing Sutton because he happened to represent clients we disagree with. We are opposing Sutton because of his outspoken activism against Federal civil rights protections for people with disabilities and otherminorities has left him unfit to be an impartial judge. His commitment is to ideology not to justice.
For more information about the NAD views on Sutton and what would happen if the ADA was thrown out as Suttonwishes, visit the NAD Eye on Washington (EOW) at: http://www.nad.org/openhouse/action/updates/eow.html
How to help
Notify your Senate leaders with your concerns. The following Senate Judiciary Committee members need to hearmore from us. Ask them to vote against the confirmation of Sutton.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (DE) - 202-224-504
senator@biden.senate.gov
Dianne Feinstein (CA) - 202-224-3841
senator@feinstein.senate.gov
Herb Kohl (WI) - 202-224-5653
senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov
Defend your rights!
If you need more information on Sutton, visit http://www.adawatch.org to make your case. ADA Watch is an informational online network designed to activate grassroots responses to threats to the ADA.
You can do more! Four additional things you can do to help is to:
1. contact your Senator and tell them to oppose Sutton. To find out who your Senator is and their contactinformation, please visit http://www.senate.gov/
2. fax your opposition to Sutton to the Senate Judiciary Committee at 202-228-0861.
3. mail a letter opposing Sutton to the Senate Judiciary Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 224,Washington, DC 20510.
4. sign the petition against Sutton by going to http://www.adawatch.org. If you sign the petition or contact your senator, please send us an email at comments@nad.org and tell us what you're doing!
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Established in 1880, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans across a broad range of areas including education, employment, health care, and telecommunications. The NAD is a dynamic federation of 51 state association affiliates including the District of Columbia, organizational affiliates, and national members. Primary areas of focus include grassroots advocacy and empowerment, policy development and research, legal assistance, captioned media, information and publications, and youth leadership.
301-587-1789 TTY; 301-587-1788 Voice; 301-587-1791 FAX.
More information about the NAD is available at
National Association of the Deaf
814 Thayer Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500
301-587-1788 Voice, 301-587-1789 TTY, 301-587-1791 FAX,
nadinfo@nad.org, www.nad.org
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