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Shattuck, legislative director of the American can Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), testified that "the available evidence is that Mr. Meese has been centrally involved in directing or approving many of the civil rights action taken by the Justice Department" that have led to a breakdown in the enforcement of laws preventing school, employment and housing discrimination...
Shattuck yesterday denied that he or the ACLU were taking a stance on the Meese nomination but said he only wanted to "tell of the failure of the Justice Department to enforce civil rights legislation," adding that "we would have done the same with any nominee...
...ACLU asked to testify at the hearings in order to "urge the committee to closely question Mr. Meese on his views on civil rights and to call for a change in the direction of civil rights enforcement...
...testimony comes 10 days after Shattuck issued an ACLU report detailing the Administration's disregard for civil rights issues. The report lists numerous cases where the Administration has undermined previous Justice Department efforts and Congressional rulings on civil rights, Shattuck said...
...battling government secrecy is no novelty for the Washington veteran. Shattuck and the ACLU have consistently opposed the Reagan Administration's effort to force 130,000 federal employees to sign secrecy agreements requiring them to obtain government clearance before speaking publicly or writing about issues within their work. Prior to that, the 1966 Yale graduate played an influential role in persuading Congress not to roll back the Freedom of Information Act, a key legislative safeguard for academic freedom...