Obama Nominates ACORN Activist to Appeals Court Nov 6, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. recent wrote a letter to colleagues warning that Hamilton "has used his position as a district court judge to drive a political agenda.". (Newsmax)
E-Verify extended Nov 3, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. to make the program permanent. (AZCentral)
Barack Obama: Media Sweetheart and Golf Addict Nov 2, 2009
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. is frustrated with overspending and has many concerns about raising the debt limit. (Human Events Online)
Amendment should help victims of rape Nov 2, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. charged that the amendment was a political attack on Halliburton, but it applies to all contractors. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Senate votes to expand hate crimes protection Oct 23, 2009
The inclusion of the controversial language of the hate crimes legislation, which is unrelated to our national defense, is deeply troubling, said Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican. New England s senators voted for the bill, including Republicans Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and Susan M. Collins and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine. (Boston Globe)
Click to read:Gays Will Get Hate Crimes Protections Oct 23, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. Hate crimes law enacted after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 centered on crimes based on race, color, religion or national origin. (CBS News)
Hate crimes law poised to cover gays Oct 23, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. Creating a special class. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Mike Williams: Georgia senators embarrass state Oct 20, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. said the amendment was politically motivated. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Confirmation votes set for judge nominees Oct 18, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, pointed to cases Chen handled as an ACLU attorney in San Francisco from 1995 to 2001. They included an unsuccessful challenge to Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot measure that banned government affirmative action programs involving race and gender preferences. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Obama criticized as slow on judicial posts Oct 17, 2009
Obama criticized as too slow on judicial posts. Just three of 23 nominations for federal judgeships have won confirmation. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Liberals Knock Obama over Judge Nominees Oct 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2009. Washington Post: Activists Say Administration Has Been Too Slow and Too Cautious in Making Judicial Appointments. (CBS News)
Obama Faces 90 Federal Judge Vacancies Oct 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, October 16, 2009. Washington Post: Obama Administration Much Slower than Predecessor in Appointing New Judges. (CBS News -- US)
ACLU: Pipeline for Obama Judges Oct 16, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to comment, I think were seeing a common DNA run through the Obama nominees, and thats the ACLU chromosome. (Townhall.com)
Missile Expert: Senate Vote Sends Message Oct 10, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. responded to the administrations announcement by introducing an amendment to restore program funding. (Newsmax)
All-Star Panel Oct 10, 2009
JEFF SESSIONS, (R-AL) SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: The last place in our government that we ought to put burdens on administrators, on investigators, would be in a national security case where people we know people are out there desiring to kill us. (END VIDEO CLIP). (Fox News)
Senate 'Obamacare' Concept Costs $829 Billion Oct 9, 2009
and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. introduced an amendment Tuesday to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that will protect funding for the continued development of the two-stage Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) missile. (Human Events Online)
Justice Sotomayor hits the high court – what about empathy? Oct 6, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R) of Alabama, a critic of Sotomayor and empathy injustices. During her confirmation hearings, even Sotomayor discounted empathy as a desirable quality in a Supreme Court justice. (Christian Science Monitor)
Democrats keep control of federal courts8:44 pm | (No comments posted.) Oct 3, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama because of Vikens experience as both a prosecutor and a public defender. Viken was the first U.S. district judge to be confirmed this year by the Senate. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Sessions Wants to Block Funding on $35B Tanker Oct 2, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama filed an amendment Thursday that would require the Air Force to release pricing information of previous bids from both Northrop and its partner, Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. NV, and rival Boeing Co.. The move follows reports that the Air Force may have disclosed price data about Northrop's bid to Chicago-based Boeing during last year's competition to replace the 179 aging tankers. (ABC News -- Wire)
Senate hears plea for Valley judges Oct 1, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said that he had "significant concern" because the 63 permanent appellate and district judges called for in the latest legislation would cost $75 million in just the first year. "I'm just telling you, we don't have the money," Sessions said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Rich Senator, ‘Poor’ Senator Sep 30, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. at a minimum net worth of $1 million and Sen. (Roll Call)
Air Force restarts $35B tanker competition Sep 26, 2009
Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:32 PM EST Updated: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:32 PM EST. Timeline: Tanker Coverage. (WSJA.com, AL)
IRS Throws ACORN Under the Bus Sep 25, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. the ranking Republican the Senate Judicary Committee, yesterday during a break at the Judiciary hearing opening remarks to ask about his concerns over some of the amendments, particularly with attempts by Sen. (Human Events Online)
submitted Brewtons Lee Otts had the chance to go to Washington last week on an Honor Flight for World War II veterans. Sep 24, 2009
Bob Dole and Alabama s Senate delegation, Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions. Everyone was very nice and helpful and I appreciate it, Otts said. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Media 'Shield Law' Stalls Over National Security Concerns Sep 23, 2009
The shield law would tip the balance of power even further into the journalists favor, irking Senate Republicans on the committee such as ranking member Jeff Sessions, (Ala. . (Townhall.com)
Reporters' Shield Bill Goes Ahead in Senate Judiciary Sep 23, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala ... SEN. JEFF SESSIONS (R-Ala. (Human Events Online)
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BREAKING: Obama Slow-Rolls European Ballistic Missile Defense - HUMAN EVENTS. Obama Slow-Rolls European Ballistic Missile Defense by 09/17/2009. (Human Events Online)
N.Y. Federal Judge Confirmed for 2nd Circuit Sep 18, 2009
Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said that while he backed Lynch, "We're seeing a pattern of nominees who believe they have the power to amend the Constitution.". Sessions voted against Lynch in 2000 when he was confirmed as a U.S. District judge, but said he is now satisfied that Lynch is not a judicial activist. (Law.com)
Obama Slow-Rolls European Ballistic Missile Defense Sep 18, 2009
President Obama today announced the cancellation of the Bush administration s plan to build ballistic missile defenses in Europe, a series of radars in the Czech Republic and ten missile interceptors in Poland. Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- the author of the Bush-era plan -- spoke after the president. (Human Events Online)
Setback for media shield bill in Senate panel Sep 18, 2009
The ranking Republican member of the committee, Republican Jeff Sessions, said the Justice Department has subpoenaed reporters in only 19 cases from 1992 to 2006 and in only two cases from 2004 to 2006. Arguing the bill was not needed, he called it puzzling that the Free Flow of Information the bill's title would make it more difficult to bring to justice anyone who leaks classified information. (MSNBC -- Politics)
McCain Slams Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Sep 17, 2009
Fellow committee member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that metrics aren't really useful anyway and are more for congressmen to say they've gotten something and then they're largely ignored. Such was the case with the 2007 benchmarks for Iraq that were followed for a while but. (Slate)
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White House holds off on decisions on Afghanistan - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Judicial Pay Increase a Priority Despite Economy, Congressional Leaders Tell Judges Sep 16, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the judges they would "work hard" to speed the pace of confirming judicial nominees, Scirica said. (Law.com)
* US to probe alleged CIA abuses Aug 26, 2009
Other Republican senators, among them party heavyweights Jon Kyl, Kit Bond and Jeff Sessions, wrote to Holder to complain. The decision could, among other things, have a chilling effect on the work of the intelligence community because of fears among agents of possible future prosecution, they wrote. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Torture Accountability Aug 26, 2009
The other signers of the letter, all Republican senators, are Alabama's Jeff Sessions, Arizona's Jon Kyl, Georgia's Saxby Chambliss, Texan John Cornyn, Oklahoma's Tom Coburn, Utah's Orrin Hatch, Iowa's Chuck Grassley and North Carolina's Richard Burr. With the possible exceptions of Hatch and Grassley, all are among the more rabidly partisan members of the senate's Republican caucus. (CBS News)
Congressional Republicans Denounce Holder Move to Probe Torture Allegations Aug 25, 2009
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (Ala. John Cornyn (Texas) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa. (Roll Call)
Holder Throwing a Bone to Radical Left Aug 22, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and other senators in sending a letter to Holder on Wednesday. (Human Events Online)
GOP Senators Urge Holder Not to Appoint Special Prosecutor on Torture Aug 20, 2009
By Roll Call Staff Aug. 19, 2009, 2:47 p.m.. Nine GOP Senators cautioned Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday against appointing a special prosecutor to investigate alleged torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of American intelligence agents and contractors. (Roll Call)
Members March Through Dozens of Town-Hall Meetings Aug 14, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. Thursday in Huntsville, many voters showed up to support the Senator s opposition to the plan of President Barack Obama, while a smaller group supported the president. (Roll Call)
Letter to the Editor Aug 12, 2009
The hypocrisy coming out of Senator Jeff Sessions boggles the mind. During the recent confirmation hearings, Senator Jeff Sessions has been lecturing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her views regarding prejudice in the United States legal system. (Atmore Advance, AL)
Still more questions in AmeriCorps probe Aug 12, 2009
Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has asked the committee chairman, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, for a hearing on the AmeriCorps/Walpin affair, focusing specifically on the role of Brown and his bosses at Justice. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Uncle Sam Wants to Set Corporate Pay Aug 8, 2009
I bet Jeff Sessions and Lindsey Graham will take out their dentures for you, just. JackLeg. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
History confirmed Sotomayor to be first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Aug 8, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee. Republicans have been particularly critical of Sotomayor's position on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Click to read:Senate Confirms Sotomayor to Supreme Court Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala ... Sure we have conservatives like Jeff Sessions but we also have liberals like Bill Nelson of FL. Your arguments lose their validity when you attempt to paint everyone in a region with the same brush. (CBS News)
Life an00004000d Death of the 'Empathy Standard' Aug 7, 2009
The famous empathy standard suffered a devastating blow at the hands of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. who led the Republican charge that discredited it thoroughly in the hearings. (Human Events Online)
Ailing Sen. Kennedy fails to attend Sotomayor vote Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions says he doesn't think Sotomayor has the convictions to resist the pull of judicial activism once she becomes a justice. His decision comes the day before the Judiciary panel is to vote on President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Sen. Sessions: Sotomayor Rulings Too Subjective Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions congratulated Sonia Sotomayor after she was confirmed to the highest court in the land, but on the senate floor, he voted against raising her to the Supreme Court because, in the end, he felt her rulings were not objective. At the conclusion of his statements, Sen Sessions summed up why those who voted against Sotomayor did so. (Newsmax)
Sotomayor Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions (R.-Ala. said "Judge Sotomayor's expressed judicial philosophy rejects openly the ideal of impartial and objective judging. Sotomayor will be sworn in as a Supreme Court justice Saturday, Aug. 8.VOTING FOR THE NOMINATION: 68VOTING AGAINST THE NOMINATION: 31NOT VOTING FOR THE NOMINATION: 1 YES -- DEMS (57)Akaka (D-HI)Baucus (D-MT)Bayh (D-IN)Begich (D-AK)Bennet (D-CO)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Brown (D-OH)Burris (D-IL)Byrd (D-WV)Cantwell (D-WA)Cardin (D-MD)Carper (D-DE)Casey... (Human Events Online)
Sotomayor to join high court after Senate vote Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said that Sotomayor and Democratic senators had discarded a standard that Obama and left-leaning legal thinkers have held out: the idea that judges should be guided, in part, by empathy. If Obama nominates other people to courts who believe in that idea, Sessions said, "I don't think that would play well. ... It could hurt this administration in other areas.". (AZCentral -- News)
Senate confirms Sotomayor Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Sessions, an Alabaman who is his party's top-ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, objected to Sotomayor's decisions favoring municipal governments' rights to seize public property for redevelopment and opposing New Haven firefighters who sued after the results of a test were thrown out when few minorities qualified. Sotomayor told the Judiciary Committee she was following established Supreme Court precedent in the New Haven firefighters case precedent the Supreme Court... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sotomayor confirmed by Senate Aug 7, 2009
"We need judges who uphold the rights of all not just some," said republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Alabama's senior senator, Richard Shelby also apposed the nomination. (WSJA.com, AL)
Senate debates historic Sotomayor nomination Aug 5, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the panels top Republican and his partys pointman on Sotomayor, called her a devotee of an approach that heeds the seductive siren call of judicial activism and is contrary to the classical underpinnings of the nations legal system. Judge Sotomayors expressed judicial philosophy rejects openly the ideal of impartial and objective judging. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Key Senator Thinks Sotomayor Vote Represents Crossroads Aug 5, 2009
Jeff Sessions, (R-Ala. the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee. (Townhall.com)
CQ: Past spats shadow future court debates Aug 5, 2009
Arguments against SotomayorDuring the floor debate, Republicans are likely to repeat concerns that Sotomayor would be unable to put aside her personal opinions and biases, in the words of Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Blogs. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Activists? On the high court? Aug 4, 2009
Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, says he will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court because he doubts she will "resist the siren call of judicial activism.". If that's what he's worried about, there are some sitting justices whom Sessions might want to lash to the mast -- quickly. (Albany Times Union)
Al Franken Making a Few Republican Friends Aug 3, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. and the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee to acknowledge there are so-called conservative "activist judges" as well as liberals. (Newsmax)
Grassley expected to oppose Sotomayor for Supreme Court Aug 3, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee's top Republican, and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, its No. 2, both said Sotomayor left them doubting her pledge of "fidelity to the law," and wondering whether she'd let her personal biases and prejudices interfere with her rulings. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Franken relishes policy role in new Senate position Aug 2, 2009
During the Sotomayor hearings, Franken said he was able to get Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee s top Republican, to acknowledge there are conservative activist judges as well as liberal ones. I thought that was a victory, Franken said in an interview. (Boston Globe)
Sen. John Thune to vote no on Sotomayor Aug 2, 2009
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Judiciary Republican, predicted last week that the Senate would vote on her confirmation by early August. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Franken Relishes Policy Role in New Position Aug 2, 2009
Jeff Sessions, the committee's top Republican, to acknowledge there are conservative "activist judges" as well as liberal ones. "I thought that was a victory," Franken said in an interview with The Associated Press. (Newsmax)
Graham's Sellout on Sotomayor Jul 31, 2009
He should look to Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz. (Human Events Online)
Sotomayor approved but clouds gather for Obama Jul 30, 2009
The six remaining Republicans on the committee, including the ranking member, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, voted against Ms Sotomayor, even though she is the first Hispanic nominated to the court, only the third woman and despite her judicial experience being difficult to fault. Instead, the arguments turned on ideology. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Senate Must Act on Legal Nominees, Leahy Says Jul 30, 2009
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. the Judiciary Committee's top Republican. (Law.com)
Presidential Bloviation Is Contagious Jul 30, 2009
Witness base little scum-of-the-earth creatures like Jeff Sessions, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, and Tom Coburn wailing and moaning because Sotamayor is Hispanic and better educated and better qualified than they are for high office. Face it, folks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
* Sotomayor confirmed by Senate committee Jul 30, 2009
judicial philosophy that conflicts with the great American tradition of blind justice and fidelity to the law as written, said Senator Jeff Sessions, the senior Republican on the committee. Several senators questioned the value of the hearing process, since judicial nominees often deflect questions about divisive issues like abortion, gun rights and gay marriage. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
