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Jeff Sessions: “There is no doubt Roberts had a brilliant legal mind, but a Supreme Court nominee must be evaluated on more than legal…”

On the recordApril 15, 2010
There is no doubt Roberts had a brilliant legal mind, but a Supreme Court nominee must be evaluated on more than legal intellect.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the importance of evaluating nominees beyond their legal intellect.

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