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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 08:55 AM
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Sessions Was Blocked by Judiciary Commitee in 1986
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Sessions Was Blocked by Judiciary Commitee in 1986
Here's an interesting fact about Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the new ranking member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee: His own nomination by President Reagan in 1986 to become a federal judge was killed in the same committee when Democrats accused him of "gross insensitivity" on racial issues.

It will be interesting to watch him handle President Obama's first nomination for the Supreme Court.

Read more: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/05/05/sessions_was_blocked_by_judiciary_commitee_in_1986.html
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 08:57 AM
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1. I told him not to wear the white hood.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 08:59 AM
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2. K&R
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 09:40 AM
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3. Anyone know what those "gross insensitivities" might have been?
The article says little more than what was posted..
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