When Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III Admired Judges Who Respected SCOTUS Precedent
By Big Tent Democrat Tuesday Jul 14, 2009 7:38amDuring the John Roberts confirmation hearings, when Roberts argued against applying discrimination laws in memorandum, Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III was adamant in defense of judges who "respected precedent:"
Roberts’ memorandums and briefs were “absolutely consistent with the Supreme Court ruling of the United States at that time. So, all I would say is, I think it’s unfair to suggest that he has a record that indicates that he was somehow wrong on civil rights at that time.” When asked about his brief as Deputy Solicitor General in Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, arguing that victims of intentional discrimination should not receive damages under Title IX, Senator Sessions said: “On the Gwinnett case, the Title IX, the women’s education case, the position you took that would deny the right to sue a state entity, a government entity for money damages, wasn’t that a position consistent with the position of the Court of Appeals that had written the only opinion on the subject? … So you, in advocating on that position, were expressing a view that was the view of the highest federal court in the land at that time?”
(Emphasis supplied.) Of course, that involved discrimination against non-white males so of course Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, admirer of the KKK, labeller of the NAACP as a "commie" organization, would think that. You see, Sessions has deep empathy for the poor white male - so oppressed in our society. Everybody else? Not so much, The perfect embodiment of the GOP.
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It's like having a slave master in the Senate.
He gives the country a taste of nostalgia.
*cue Leghorn Foghorn*
I said,let the Bells ring and the banners,I said the banners fly!
If my name ain't Senator Jefferson,I said Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the Third!
Is that the "Third" or the "Turd"?
Fred Thompson style (3:00 mark)
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-septemb...
I mean seriously, why? Everyone comes into these confirmation hearings with preconceived notions about what they already know. Sessions is a case in point.
So many times Sotomayor explained the statement about Latinas and put it back in context. Sessions kept pressing her on the out of context meaning he either still believes, thus making him insane or stupid, or he knows the real meaning and it's what she's saying and he's just a liar.
but I'm pretty sure that Sessiosn empathy only extends to RICH white males. Sure he may have to protect some of the poor ones from the evil brown people too but that's only a collateral effect of his protecting the rich ones that he does have empathy for.
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