Jeff Sessions actually said...

With regard to the President's statement on empathy, Justice Sotomayor, when asked about his standard, replied, 'We apply law to facts, we don't apply feelings to facts.' I thought that was what a judge does.

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Sessions emphasizes the importance of applying law objectively, not based on feelings.

10/06/2009

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