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An Alert
from the Home School Legal Defense Association:
Support John Ashcroft (Note:
We have also received notices from gun rights groups asking for
support for Ashcroft.)
From the HSLDA@Capitol Hill E-lert Service...
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January 10, 2001
Dear Home School Families:
The United States Senate is holding hearings at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
January 16, on the confirmation of Senator John Ashcroft (Missouri) as
Attorney General of the United States. We urge all home schoolers and
others who believe in strong protection for the constitutional rights of
all citizens to call their U.S. senators and urge them to vote YES to
confirm John Ashcroft.
BACKGROUND:
Senator Ashcroft is fully qualified to be Attorney General. He served
eight years as the Attorney General of Missouri before being elected to
two terms as that state's governor and then to the United States Senate.
In the Senate, he chaired the Constitution Subcommittee of the Judiciary
Committee.
WHY HOME SCHOOLERS SHOULD CARE:
There are at least four reasons the Attorney General of the United
States is the most important cabinet position in relation to the home
schooling community.
(1) John Ashcroft has been a special friend to the home schooling
community, and in fact, won our National Legislator of the Year Award.
He personally led the fight to stop President Clinton's (illegal) plan
to impose national testing without congressional authorization. Ashcroft
also led the effort to pass a Senate resolution establishing National
Home Education Week in 1999 and he spoke at HSLDA's national conference.
(2) John Ashcroft also deserves our support because he has proven
himself a champion of our freedoms. The Justice Department is the chief
source for legal advice for the United States government. The United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child could receive action in
the Senate ...... As a senator, John Ashcroft was the sole voice to
question Madeleine Albright regarding the Clinton Administration's
promotion of the UN Treaty. We need an Attorney General who believes in
the constitutional rights of Americans and the sovereignty of America to
protect our families from this UN treaty. The treaty is lurking for
now-but it is the most dangerous threat to home schooling and parental
rights ever conceived.
(3) Home schoolers are unlike the groups that come to Washington asking
for federal funding for their pet projects. We are primarily asking the
federal government to respect our constitutional rights and leave us
alone. The Attorney General's Office can be critical in this area.
(4) The Attorney General will be the key government official during the
federal judge nominating process. HSLDA stands before the federal courts
day after day. It is impossible to overstate the long range importance
to all freedom-loving Americans that judges are screened by an Attorney
General who believes in the original intent of the Constitution.
Kentucky Senators:
jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov
senator@mcconnell.senate.gov
President-elect
advice@bushcheneytransition.com
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