"I am David Cole, I’m the new national legal director of the ACLU. I began work on Monday and today is Wednesday and today I testified for the ACLU in the hearing on whether to confirm Jeff Sessions to become Attorney General. The ACLU is a non-partisan organization and we don’t generally testify in hearings because we don’t oppose or endorse candidates for elected or appointed office but we felt that, in this instance, the concerns raised by Jeff Sessions’ actions and d- and words over forty ye