PRESS CALL MONDAY: Wisconsin Civil Rights Leaders Speak Out Against Troubling Vote on Brennan

Courts News 05.4,18

WASHINGTON – On Monday, May 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET/10:00 a.m. CT, civil rights leaders will hold a telephone press briefing in opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Michael Brennan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The Senate is expected to hold a cloture vote next week to schedule a floor vote on Brennan’s nomination as a lifetime judge.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week filed a cloture petition to end debate and force a floor vote on the nomination of Michael Brennan to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Brennan was given a hearing and committee vote earlier this year when Senator Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, disregarded the objections of a home-state senator, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.). Historically, judicial nominees who lack the support of both home-state senators do not go forward. This move further and dangerously dismantles checks and balances by Republican leaders during the Trump administration.

Kristine Lucius, Executive Vice President for Policy, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will be joined on the call by Angela Lang, Executive Director, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities; Matt Sinovic, Executive Director, Progress Iowa; Analiese Eicher, Program Director, One Wisconsin Now; and Wendy Strout, Wisconsin State Manager, Human Rights Campaign

RSVP requested to [email protected].

WHEN: Monday, May 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET/10:00 a.m. CT

WHO:

  • Kristine Lucius, Executive Vice President for Policy, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Angela Lang, Executive Director, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities
  • Matt Sinovic, Executive Director, Progress Iowa
  • Analiese Eicher, Program Director, One Wisconsin Now
  • Wendy Strout, Wisconsin State Manager, Human Rights Campaign

DIAL-IN INFORMATION:
Dial-in: 888 779 4121
Conference ID: BRENNAN