[Missouri-l] Fw: [acb-l] FW: AAPD press release on Sotomayor to Supreme Ct

[Chip Hailey]

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From: Mitch Pomerantz 
To: leadership at acb.org ; acb-l at acb.org 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:24 PM
Subject: [acb-l] FW: AAPD press release on Sotomayor to Supreme Ct


Colleagues:

FYI:



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From: Eric Bridges [mailto:ebridges at acb.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:27 PM
To: 'Mitch Pomerantz'; 'Melanie Brunson'
Subject: FW: AAPD press release on Sotomayor to Supreme Ct


FYI 

 

Eric 

 


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From: Jenifer Simpson [mailto:JSimpson at aapd.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:03 PM
To: Eric Bridges
Subject: AAPD press release on Sotomayor to Supreme Ct

 



 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                        Media contact: Pete VieleMay 26, 2009                                                                                                  Communications VP, AAPD                                                                                                                          Office: (202) 521-4312                                                                                                                        E-mail: pviele at aapd.com

 

 

 

"President  & CEO,  Andrew Imparato, of the American Association  of People with Disabilities comments on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court."

 

"The disability community has learned the hard way the importance of Supreme Court nominations," said Andrew J. Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, the largest disability membership organization in the U.S.  "After a series of miserly rulings that have constrained Congressional authority to protect our civil rights, we have come to the conclusion that we have no consistent champion for disability rights on the current Supreme Court," Imparato continued.

 

"When we met with the White House Counsel last week, we emphasized the importance of President Obama using this opportunity to put someone on the Court who has a demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the laws that protect our civil rights and safeguard our human dignity.  Based on our preliminary analysis of Judge Sotomayor's extensive record on the bench, we are encouraged that she may be the champion we have been looking for," said Imparato.  "Her jurisprudence in the disability area shows that she has a good understanding of the real-life implications of her decisions, and sees the important connections between disability rights laws and other civil rights laws.  Her personal experience as a woman with childhood-onset insulin-dependent diabetes gives her additional insights that can inform her approach to disability issues.  We look forward to studying her record in more detail, and working on a bipartisan basis with the Senate to make sure that her approach to disability law is explored as part the confirmation process." 

 

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The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's largest cross-disability membership organization, organizes the disability community to be a powerful voice for change - politically, economically, and socially.  AAPD was founded in 1995 to help unite the diverse community of people with disabilities, including their family, friends and supporters, and to be a national voice for change in implementing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn more, visit the AAPD website:  www.aapd.com.

 



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