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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A truly lousy press release – not the
content but the way it is put together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Peter <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Jenifer Simpson
[mailto:JSimpson@aapd.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:03
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eric Bridges<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> AAPD press release on
Sotomayor to <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Supreme Ct</st1:address></st1:Street></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Pete Viele</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>May 26, 2009 <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Communications</st1:PersonName> VP, AAPD<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> Office: (202) 521-4312<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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E-mail: <a href="mailto:pviele@aapd.com">pviele@aapd.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>“President
& <st1:PersonName w:st="on">CEO</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Andrew Imparato</st1:PersonName>, of the American Association
of People with Disabilities comments on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the
Supreme Court.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“The disability community has learned the hard way the importance
of Supreme Court nominations,” said Andrew J. Imparato, President and <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">CEO</st1:PersonName> of the American Association of People with
Disabilities, the largest disability membership organization in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
“After a series of miserly rulings that have constrained Congressional
authority to protect our civil rights, we have come to the conclusion that we
have no consistent champion for disability rights on the current Supreme
Court,” Imparato continued.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“When we met with the White House Counsel last week, we
emphasized the importance of President Obama using this opportunity to put
someone on the Court who has a demonstrated commitment to and understanding of
the laws that protect our civil rights and safeguard our human dignity.
Based on our preliminary analysis of Judge Sotomayor’s extensive record
on the bench, we are encouraged that she may be the champion we have been
looking for,” said Imparato. “Her jurisprudence in the
disability area shows that she has a good understanding of the real-life
implications of her decisions, and sees the important connections between
disability rights laws and other civil rights laws. Her personal
experience as a woman with childhood-onset insulin-dependent diabetes gives her
additional insights that can inform her approach to disability issues. We
look forward to studying her record in more detail, and working on a bipartisan
basis with the Senate to make sure that her approach to disability law is explored
as part the confirmation process.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>The
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's largest
cross-disability membership organization, organizes the disability community to
be a powerful voice for change – politically, economically, and
socially. AAPD was founded in 1995 to help unite the diverse community of
people with disabilities, including their family, friends and supporters, and
to be a national voice for change in implementing the goals of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn more, visit the </span></font></i><a
href="http://www.aapd.com/" title="AAPD website"><i><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:italic'>AAPD website</span></font></i></a><i><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>: </span></font></i><a
href="http://www.aapd.com"><i><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic'>www.aapd.com</span></font></i></a><i><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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