Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions IIIis the junior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected in 1996, Sessions is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 December 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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It's amazing we can't get these officials confirmed. They're tying it to an unrelated matter about judges to in fact hamper -- actually undermine -- the ability of the Department of Justice to function. It's really irresponsible,
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Thus, he brought a renewed emphasis on the rights of victims as well as a new respect for the law officer who works to make this a safe place to live, ... As a young prosecutor, I remember being thrilled to read Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissents in criminal law cases, often lone dissents, that in some cases have become majority opinions of the court under his leadership.
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I think conservatives do not have confidence she has a well-formed judicial philosophy, and they are afraid she might drift and be a part of the activist group like Justice Souter has, ... She will need to articulate a vision of the Constitution and the role of a judge that is sound or she could be in trouble with the Republican senators.
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Chief Justice Rehnquist understood that liberty requires order and further that our Constitution always recognizes that fact,
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The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.
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We need to give them [the Justice Department] as much power as we can without eroding fundamental liberties.
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I've seen it time and time again, people do not testify against innocent people, they, reluctantly, only testify against guilty people.
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Are you going to get busy now to enforce existing law?
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Progress will require a united federal, state and local effort.
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I want a classical judge who does not allow their personal views or social views to impact their decision-making process,
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Committees would have longer to work on them. We need to do a biennial budget.
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We should do a good enforcement bill and leave the administration to execute it, then in the meantime, talk seriously about what we want to do about the future.
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We have a little bit of a problem now with confidence in that commission, ... For her to continue to play a key role in it when she herself really should be one of the people being reviewed is difficult for me to swallow.
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who happen to speak with an accent, a southern accent.