Jeff Sessions

William Smith, GOP Chief Counsel, Links Gay Marriage To Pedophilia

Legal Times | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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The new chief Republican counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote a blog post last month in which he linked same-sex marriage to pedophilia, a...

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Sam Stein

Sessions: Obama's Court Nominees No Longer Get "Powerful Deference"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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The rationale is gradually being put in place for Republicans to mount a filibuster of Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. On Sunday, the ranking m...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.16.2009 | Home

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Arianna Huffington

Next week, Adam and Kris duke it out to see who will be the next American Idol. This week, Republicans duked it out to see who would be the next American Idiot. Sen. Jeff Sessions argued for keeping Guantanamo open by pointing to the "tropical breezes blowing through" the prison. Rep. Pete Sessions claimed President Obama is intentionally driving up unemployment and diminishing stock prices to "inflict damage and hardship on the free enterprise system." And Kim Hendren, a Republican Senate candidate from Arkansas, referred to Chuck Schumer at a campaign event as "that Jew," then dug himself deeper: "I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on The Andy Griffith Show." I guessed he missed the episode about Goober's bar mitzvah. The Grand Oy Party.

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Jeff Sessions Cites "Tropical Breezes" As Reason To Keep Guantanamo Open

Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) today defended the continued detention of al-Qaeda prisoners at the military facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, calling it ...

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What Can We Expect Now that Sessions Leads Republicans on Judges?

Nan Aron | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Nan Aron

Who is Senator Sessions? He's has been an outspoken opponent of the Voting Rights Act, immigration reform, embryonic stem cell research, and a woman's right to choose.

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Obama's Supreme Pick: No Drama, No Bomber

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

when Republicans actually come face-to-face, or even voice-to-voice, with the actual Obama, they can't help but be reassured -- or is it disappointed? -- that he's not the bogeyman they've made him out to be.

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Jason Linkins

Sessions: Gay Supreme Court Nominee "Would Be A Big Concern"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday morning, Jeff Sessions made news after he appeared on Morning Joe and said, of the pending SCOTUS nomination, "I don't think a person who ac...

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What in the World is Jeff Sessions Talking About?

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

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Doug Kendall

The issue is whether American judges may look for guidance in how judges in other countries with similar legal systems have resolved similar disputes.

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Focus On The Family: We Don't Oppose Gay Supreme Court Nominee

The Plumline | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

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In a move that will surprise gay activists and liberals, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a top religious right group, tells me that his organi...

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Sam Stein

Sessions Called Incendiary On Immigration, Linked To White Nationalist: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

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Since becoming the top ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions' record has been almost solely analyzed for tealeaves on ho...

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Sam Stein

Sessions: I Could Support Pro-Choice Or Gay Supreme Court Nominee (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Social conservatives were likely none-to-pleased on Wednesday, when the new ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions, said that...

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Sessions: SCOTUS Filibuster Should Be Rare, Obama Not Nominating "Bomb Thrower"

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he's inclined against trying to use a filibuster to block President Barac...

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Jeff Sessions Demanded Up-Or-Down Vote On Alito

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), now the Republican with the most power to delay President Obama's Supreme Court nominees, decried filibusters during the ...

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Sam Stein

Grassley, Kyl, Sessions Could Take Specter's Powerful Judiciary Committee Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

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One of the key, as yet undetermined factors in whether Barack Obama will get his Supreme Court pick seated is which Republican will take over as ranki...

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GOP Senator Previews Attacks On Obama DOJ Nominees

Legal Times | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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Amid lopsided support Monday for Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee had some pointed criticism ...

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Sam Stein

Eric Holder Nomination: GOP Casts Wide Net To Derail

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans are casting a wide net in their efforts to dredge up information that could be damaging to the candidacy of Eric Holder as Attorney...

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GOP Senators Call For Inquiry Into Iran National Intelligence Estimate

Washington Post | Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Republicans are planning to call for a congressional commission to investigate the conclusions of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Ira...

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