Subject: TUESDAY: Senator Cardin, Presidents of NEA, AFT, Washington Teachers Union Demand Senate GOP Move Forward on Filling Supreme Court Vacancy
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May 16, 2016

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TUESDAY: Senator Cardin, Presidents of NEA, AFT, Washington Teachers Union Demand Senate GOP Move Forward on Filling Supreme Court Vacancy

On the 62 Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education, Sen. Cardin, Education Experts Discuss the Importance of Restoring the Supreme Court to Nine Justices

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 10:00am ET, at the Capitol Visitors Center, Senator Cardin will join the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García, Elizabeth Davis of the Washington Teachers Union to mark the 62 anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. They will demand Senate Republicans move forward with hearings and an up-or-down vote on Chief Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

62 years ago, the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling marked a major victory for the cause of equal justice, effectively outlawing racial segregation in schools and other public accommodations throughout America. This landmark case represents the important impact Supreme Court decisions have on the lives of all those who live in our country.

WHO:             U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers
Lily Eskelsen García, President of the National Education Association
Elizabeth A. Davis, President Washington Teachers Union
                        Jim Leonard, US Government teacher at Wilson High School in DC

WHEN:           Tuesday, May 17, 2016
10:00am ET

WHERE:         United States Capitol
                        Capitol Visitor Center - SVC 202

RSVP:             For media interested in attending the event, please email [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

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