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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

The Nation's Premier Civil and Human Rights Coalition

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The Nation's Premier Civil and Human Rights Coalition

Dennis Shedd Nomination (Archive)

Dennis Shedd

Confirmed on November 19, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Dennis Shedd's eleven-year record on the federal district bench reflected hostility toward plaintiffs in civil rights cases, including minorities, women and persons with disabilities, a desire to limit Congress's authority to enact protective legislation that is applicable to the states, and insensitivity to issues of race, rendering him a poor choice for the Fourth Circuit, arguably the most conservative of the federal circuits.

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