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Can Sessions Fairly Judge Sotomayor?

By | 06.23.09 | 1:02 pm

Not according to J. Gerald Hebert, a former Justice Department lawyer who worked with Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and testified at his 1986 confirmation hearing.

Back in 1986, Sessions was a U.S. Attorney who’d been nominated to be a federal judge by President Ronald Reagan. He was rejected by More…