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Jeff Sessions: “Judicial restraint is intended to assure that decisions are not based upon personal values or preferences but are…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
Judicial restraint is intended to assure that decisions are not based upon personal values or preferences but are instead made according to law.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions advocates for decisions to be grounded in law rather than personal beliefs.

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