S001141 1946-12-24 2984 335 Russell Senate Office Building http://sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ConstituentServices.ContactMe 202-224-3149 Jefferson 'r':4 'al':5 'sen':1 'jeff':8 'session':3,7,10 'jefferson':2,6,9 M 300088 Sessions Jeff_Sessions B. Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL] 1343 Jeff N00003062 9291 Republican 202-224-4124 Methodist AL Jeff Jefferson Sessions 3.62264150943396 http://sessions.senate.gov/ 300088 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:24 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Hamilton has received the American Bar Association's highest rating. The ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, criticized Hamilton's ruling against using prayers mentioning Jesus to open the Indiana legislature. & 'bar':10 'sen':22 'use':32 'jeff':23 'judg':4 'open':37 'post':43 'rank':16 'rate':14 'rule':30 'jesus':35 'senat':1 'associ':11 'critic':27 'prayer':33 'receiv':7 'alabama':26 'confirm':2 'highest':13 'indiana':39 'mention':34 'session':24 'american':9 'committe':21 'hamilton':5,28 'judiciari':20 'legislatur':40 'republican':17 'washington':42 'controversi':3 6740330 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111902808.html?nav=rss_nation/special 300088 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 22:27:38 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Federal courts have successfully tried more than 100 terrorist cases since the September 11 attacks, Leahy said. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, questioned Holder's judgment. Sessions argued the decision to try the five suspects in a civilian cou 'r':31 '11':22 '100':16 'cnn':50 'cou':49 'new':7 'sen':27 'tri':13,42 'argu':38 'case':18 'five':44 'hold':3 'jeff':28 'said':25 'sinc':19 'york':8 'court':10 'decis':40 'feder':9 'leahi':24 'trial':5 'attack':23 'defend':2 'holder':1,34 'terror':4 'alabama':26,32 'septemb':21 'session':29,37 'success':12 'suspect':45 'civilian':48 'judgment':36 'question':33 'r-alabama':30 'terrorist':17 6734951 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/BNyIQJDeoA8/index.html 300088 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:21:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...(Margasak, AP/Boston Globe, 11/18). Ten Republican senators voted to end debate and advance Hamilton's nomination. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Hamilton. Sessions said that his opposit 'r':32 'ala':33 'end':2,21 'led':41 'sen':28 'ten':16 'jeff':29 'news':52 'rank':35 'said':47 'vote':7,19 'week':11 '11/18':15 'could':6 'debat':3,22 'fight':43 'globe':14 'medic':51 'nomin':27 'r-ala':31 'senat':1,18 'today':53 'advanc':24 'member':36 'confirm':9 'opposit':50 'session':30,46 'committe':40 'hamilton':5,25,45 'margasak':12 'ap/boston':13 'judiciari':39 'republican':17 6737374 true true daylife Medical News Today http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ OK http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171474.php 300088 Person republican Wed Nov 18 22:27:38 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...four alleged accomplices from a military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to New York and a civilian court. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee's top ranking Republican, said time has "dulled" administration officials' memory that "we 'abc':47 'bay':18 'new':21 'sen':27 'top':35 '9/11':6 'case':7 'cuba':19 'dull':41 'four':8 'jeff':28 'news':48 'rank':36 'said':38 'time':39 'york':22 'alleg':9 'court':26 'obama':1 'center':15 'detent':14 'execut':4 'memori':44 'offici':43 'alabama':31 'convict':3 'predict':2 'session':29 'civilian':25 'committe':33 'militari':13 'accomplic':10 'administr':42 'guantanamo':17 'republican':37 6734953 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-predicts-conviction-execution-911-case/story?id=9121963 300088 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 11:20:53 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...their quest to thwart President Obama, Republicans do not fear the hobgoblin of consistency. For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of Georg 'led':45 'sen':32 'top':39 'face':9 'fear':22 'jeff':33 'much':28 'post':55 'decad':31 'fight':47 'georg':52 'obama':18 'quest':14 'senat':4 'judici':11 'presid':17 'sketch':2 'thwart':16 'alabama':36 'consist':26 'session':34 'committe':44 'democrat':49 'filibust':12,50 'about-fac':7 'hobgoblin':24 'judiciari':43 'republican':3,19,40 'washington':1,54 6727564 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703401.html?wprss=rss_print/asection 300088 Person republican Wed Nov 18 22:27:38 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...work out the details of how those principles apply to the new situations.”   But in an Oct. 30 letter to his colleagues, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the committee's ranking Republican, said that Hamilton, in written answers to follow-up questions s 'r':45 '30':36 'ala':46 'new':30 'oct':35 'sen':41 'jeff':42 'judg':11 'rank':50 'said':10,52 'vote':3 'work':19 'amend':13 'appli':27 'court':7 'r-ala':44 'senat':1 'answer':57 'appeal':6 'detail':22 'follow':60 'judici':17 'letter':37 'nomine':8 'situat':31 'footnot':18 'session':43 'written':56 'colleagu':40 'committe':48 'hamilton':54 'principl':26 'question':62 'thursday':4 'constitut':15 'follow-up':59 'republican':51 'cnsnews.com':64 6734952 true true daylife CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ OK http://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=57375 300088 Person senate Tue Nov 17 22:32:36 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...court nominees. There are 876 court seats, mostly for the regionally based courts of appeals and lower district courts. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who led the opposition to Hamilton, argued that Hamilton's record met his definition of extraordinary ci 'r':30 'ci':48 '876':11 'ala':31 'led':33 'met':43 'san':50 'sen':26 'argu':38 'base':18 'jeff':27 'jose':51 'most':14 'news':53 'seat':13 'test':6 'court':2,7,12,19,25 'lower':23 'r-ala':29 'senat':5 'appeal':21 'nomine':3,8 'record':42 'region':17 'surviv':4 'definit':45 'mercuri':52 'opposit':35 'session':28 'district':24 'hamilton':37,40 'controversi':1 'extraordinari':47 6723393 true true daylife The San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ OK http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13810385?source=rss 300088 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 11:20:53 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...filibuster against U.S. District Judge David Hamilton, Obama's first appellate court nominee. For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of 'gop':7 'led':41 'sen':28 'top':35 'u.s':12 'edit':9 'good':3 'jeff':29 'judg':14 'much':24 'appel':20 'chunk':4 'court':21 'david':15 'decad':27 'fight':43 'first':19 'obama':17 'senat':8 'nomine':22 'reason':48 'alabama':32 'session':30 'committe':40 'democrat':45 'district':13 'filibust':10,46 'hamilton':16 'hackwatch':1 'judiciari':39 'republican':36 6727560 true true daylife Reason http://www.reason.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reason/HitandRun/~3/ATGU09v4Da4/hackwatch-a-good-chunk-of-the 300088 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 22:27:38 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the defendants not guilty."I believe this decision is dangerous. I believe it's misguided. I believe it is unnecessary," said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Ia.) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) asked Holder if he had been influenced by 'r':34,40,47 'ia':41 'ala':35 'ask':49 'jon':44 'kyl':45 'nyc':8 'sen':30,36,43 'tri':5 'ariz':48 'jeff':31 'plan':3 'r-ia':39 'said':29 'charl':37 'decis':16 'r-ala':33 'believ':14,20,25 'danger':18 'defend':2,10 'guilti':12 'holder':1,50 'r-ariz':46 'misguid':23 'newsday':57 'session':32 'grassley':38 'influenc':55 'terrorist':6 'unnecessari':28 6734954 true true daylife Newsday http://www.newsday.com/ OK http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/holder-defends-plan-to-try-terrorists-in-nyc-1.1601873 300088 Person republican Tue Nov 17 22:32:36 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...battles over judicial nominees. But conservatives criticized some of Hamilton's rulings and comments. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Hamilton's record is worse than that of Supreme Court Justice So 'sen':24 'top':28 'jeff':25 'judg':8 'rule':20 'said':35 'stop':4 'vote':2 'wors':40 'battl':9 'court':45 'senat':1,32 'critic':15 'judici':11 'justic':46 'nomine':12 'record':38 'suprem':44 'alabama':23 'comment':22 'conserv':14 'courier':50 'indiana':7 'journal':51 'session':26 'committe':34 'filibust':5 'hamilton':18,36 'judiciari':33 'louisvill':48 'republican':29 'courier-journ':49 6723392 true true daylife Louisville Courier-Journal http://www.courier-journal.com/ OK http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091117/NEWS02/911170359/-1/rss 300088 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Addressing the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects in civilian court rather than a military tribunal, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), on Wednesday, called... Grassley To Holder: Remember O.J. Simpson Before Trying ... 'r':33 'ala':34 'o.j':42 'sen':29 'tri':18,45 'adam':1 'call':37 'feed':48 'full':47 'jeff':30 'court':23 'decis':16 'hanft':2 'r-ala':32 'unlik':9 'depart':12 'holder':40 'justic':14 'quaker':3 'rather':24 'rememb':41 'shaker':5 'tribun':28 'address':10 'session':31 'simpson':43 'suspect':20 'civilian':22 'giuliani':6 'grassley':38 'militari':27 'paterson':8 'terrorist':19 'wednesday':36 'huffingtonpost.com':50 6740329 false true google blog The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-hanft/quakers-and-shakers-giuli_b_364160.html 300088 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The hearing did heat up—because of the Republican senators present. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) slammed the KSM decision, charging that it demonstrates that for Obama "fighting terrorism is not the priority it once was. ... 'r':20 '19':3 'ala':21 'ink':43 'ksm':24 'sen':16 '2009':4 'hear':6 'heat':8 'jeff':17 'slam':22 'charg':26 'decis':25 'fight':33 'obama':32 'r-ala':19 'senat':14 'novemb':2 'osborn':42 'terror':34 'present':15 'session':18 'demonstr':29 'prioriti':38 'thursday':1 'republican':13 6740328 false true google blog Osborne Ink http://www.osborneink.com/ OK http://www.osborneink.com/2009/11/more-stupid-sessions.html 300088 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In fact, Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, resurrected the threat of a judicial filibuster against Mr. Hamilton, even though a bipartisan group of senators in 2005 had brokered a compromise to ... 'mr':31 '2005':41 'blog':9 'even':33 'fact':12 'jeff':14 'judg':3 'rank':17 'court':6 'group':37 'senat':1,13,39 'appeal':5 'broker':43 'caucus':8,48 'judici':28 'though':34 'threat':25 'confirm':2 'session':15 'committe':22 'filibust':29 'hamilton':32 'compromis':45 'judiciari':21 'resurrect':23 'bipartisan':36 'republican':18 'nytimes.com':10 6740327 false true google blog The Caucus http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ OK http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/senate-confirms-judge-to-appeals-court/ 300088 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Hamilton's record is worse than that of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose nomination Sessions opposed but did not filibuster. ... 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Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said Monday he sought to block Hamilton's nomination be 'r':27 'ala':28 'sen':23 'jeff':24 'judg':4 'rank':30 'rule':7 'said':36 'abort':10,22 'block':41 'nomin':44 'r-ala':26 'senat':1 'state':8 'altern':20 'clinic':11 'inform':18 'monday':37 'provid':17 'requir':15 'sought':39 'confirm':2 'session':25 'committe':35 'hamilton':42 'politico':47 'judiciari':34 'republican':31 'controversi':3 6740331 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29732.html