ACLU Issues Report on Alberto Gonzales
The ACLU has issued a report on Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales. We encourage all Senate staffers to read it. In a press release today, the civil liberties group urges Senators to conduct probing and firm questioning of Gonzales.
The ACLU lists the primary areas of concern about Gonzales, and includes the Texas Clemency Memos:
The now infamous Texas "clemency memos" drafted by Gonzales for then-Governor Bush, which almost uniformly fail to mention key factors in each case, including evidence of innocence, that supported granting clemency to death row inmates.
An additional area not mentioned by too many other groups:
Whether the White House Counsel's office supported the Musgrave-Allard version of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would have banned not only same-sex marriage rights, but civil union status as well.
The ACLU does not take a position on political appointees--only Supreme Court justices. It does, however, analyze their civil liberties records. As to Gonzales, the organization notes:
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