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Testifying for over an hour as part of confirmation hearings on President Reagan's appointment of Edwin R. Meese III as Attorney General, Shattuck charged the Administration with a "wide variety of actions that can only be seen as contemptuous of civil rights laws...
...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...
...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...
...hearings, when pressed by Sen. Joseph R. Biden (D-Del.) as to whether the Administration's policies were illegal or merely "contemptuous," Shattuck said the policies were in fact a violation of the law and congressional intent...