nielson howard esq

=

=
Howard Nielson has called state laws that prevent people younger than

21 from purchasing handguns and publicly carrying firearms

unconstitutional. He also tried to overturn a ban on assault weapons in

Illinois by arguing that high-powered rifles were not as dangerous as

pistols and revolvers.3

In addition to advancing the NRA's dangerous agenda, Nielson has positioned himself on the far right of many other issues.

<ul><li>Nielson defended California's anti-LGBTQ Proposition 8 – a policy that banned same-sex marriage – and argued that the judge hearing the case should recuse himself for being gay.4</li><li>In 2005, while holding a key position in George W. Bush's Department of Justice, Nielson wrote a memo that justified the torture of civilians captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.5</li><li>In 2014, Nielson represented congressional Republicans in opposing EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.6</li><li>In 2016, he co-authored an amicus brief in the Supreme Court

case of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, arguing in favor of

imposing medically unnecessary standards on health facilities that offer

abortion. These regulations would have forced a majority of Texas abortion providers to shutter their doors.7</li></ul>

Trump and his extremist Republican party are trying to fill

the federal courts with right-wing judges who will legitimize their

hateful policies, undo decades of civil rights progress and empower the

NRA. We cannot allow that to happen. 
===