Rights Groups: Hearing and Rebuttal Witnesses

rights groups: Two days of testimony are scheduled, including a day for Sessions to address the committee, and a day for rebuttal witnesses from those opposing his nomination, according to Metro News. Echoing Senate Democrats, the civil rights groups want to delay the hearing. Sessions' hearing is set to begin Tuesday and he is expected to be confirmed in the GOP-controlled chamber. They say the Judiciary Committee needs more time to review his voluminous nomination materials, which they also say may be incomplete. The point of the hearing is to reveal who the candidate is and to inform and educate the senators about his qualifications. The hearing has to be meaningful, said Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defence and Educational Fund, who rejected any suggestion that the hearings are a foregone conclusion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.