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Jeff Sessions: “I would just note that your comment about the hardship definition and some of the other definitions, all of us need to…”

On the recordApril 21, 2013
I would just note that your comment about the hardship definition and some of the other definitions, all of us need to listen to that because if you get to the point where you do not have clarity in these cases and every case has got to be tried now over whether or not there is a hardship allegation, I do think, do you not, as a practical lawyer who knows how these systems work, that that could be terribly destabilizing to the whole legal system and the ability to proceed?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama
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Editor's note · Context

Sessions emphasizes the need for clarity in hardship definitions to avoid destabilizing the legal system.

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