Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 27, 2010
The Supreme Court I do not think is trying to further illegal activity when they have rendered several cases that tell us that you have got to have criminal statutes that are clear and mean something and have real definitions.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions defends the Supreme Court's stance on the need for clear criminal statutes.

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