AAPD President Commends President and Senate on Sotomayor Confirmation

From AAPD (8/6/09):

Statement by AAPD President and CEO Andrew Imparato on Sotomayor Confirmation

 

WASHINGTON, DC – August 6, 2009 – Following the 68-31 Senate vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Andrew Imparato, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, gave the following statement:

“Today the United States Senate voted to confirm a true champion for equal justice under law. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will follow in the tradition of Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan and bring some balance to a court that has gone out of its way to undermine disability rights and civil rights more broadly,” said Andrew Imparato, President and CEO of AAPD. “AAPD commends President Obama and all of the Senators who supported Justice Sotomayor’s confirmation.”

AAPD, along with two dozen national disability organizations, endorsed Sotomayor’s candidacy for Supreme Court Associate Justice and believes she will apply the law in a manner that safeguards the civil rights of all Americans. For more information about the disability community’s analysis of Sotomayor’s record in the area of disability rights, visit www.aapd.com.