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

[Peter Altschul]

A truly lousy press release - not the content but the way it is put
together.

 

Peter 

 

 

 

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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

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact: Pete Viele
May 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
<http://www.aapd.com/> AAPD website:   <http://www.aapd.com> www.aapd.com.

 

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