Twenty-two University of Chicago Law School faculty members have joined law professors nationwide in signing a letter urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. 

A total of 1,424 law school professors from universities in 49 states (Alaska does not have a law school) have signed the letter. 

The statement begins by referencing Sessions’s nomination to a federal judgeship in 1986, which was rejected on the basis of perceived prejudice against African Americans, including his prosecution of black civil rights activists for voter fraud in 1985, and goes on to list numerous concerns about his suitability to head the Justice Department.  

“Some of us have concerns about his support for building a wall along our country’s southern border. Some of us have concerns about his robust support for regressive drug policies that have fueled mass incarceration. Some of us have concerns about his questioning of the relationship between fossil fuels and climate change. Some of us have concerns about his repeated opposition to legislative efforts to promote the rights of women and members of the LGBTQ community. Some of us share all of these concerns. All of us believe it is unacceptable for someone with Senator Sessions’ record to lead the Department of Justice,” the statement reads. 

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