WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: Some of the nation's most prominent former prosecutors, judges, and solicitor generals from across the ideological spectrum have asked the Supreme Court to review a controversial Georgia procedure that requires defendants to prove they have intellectual dis more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 30 -- Rep. Jesus Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Dec. 29, 2021: * * * Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) issued the following statement on the passing of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). "Today we lost a giant. The passing of Senator Harry Reid, marks the loss of one of the most consequential Senate Leaders in our nation's history. A young man born into poverty who took up boxing to pay for college and later served the ni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following statement by Oren E. Whyche-Shaw, President Biden's nominee to be U.S. director of the African Development Bank, at a Dec. 14, 2021, confirmation hearing: * * * I am honored to have the opportunity to appear before you today. I am equally honored to have been nominated by President Biden as the next United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank. Mr. Chairman, I would like to pause to recogniz more PR