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Senator Sessions’ Statement on Sotomayor

Posted by E!! on July 13, 2009
Judiciary, Senate / No Comments

I listened to Sessions’ opening statement on FNC this morning while getting ready.  It was good.  I can’t find the transcript anywhere (yet), but RedState has some cut-and-pastes.  They will have to do – for now.

Here’s one bit:

Like the American people, I have watched this for a number of years, and fear this “empathy standard” is another step down the road to liberal activist, results-oriented, and relativistic world where:  Laws lose their fixed meaning; Unelected Judges set policy; Americans are seen as members of separate groups rather than simply Americans; and, Where the constitutional limits on government power are ignored when politicians want to buy out private companies.

And another:

I will not vote for – no senator should vote for – an individual nominated by any President who is not fully committed to fairness and impartiality towards every person who appears before them.

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