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Jeff Sessions: “The situation arises when a litigant or advocacy group sues the government and demands some sort of policy relief.”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
The situation arises when a litigant or advocacy group sues the government and demands some sort of policy relief.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions discusses the impact of advocacy lawsuits on government policy.

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