Call it empathy, call it prejudice, or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it's not law. In truth it's more akin to politics.
Jeff Sessions: “Call it empathy, call it prejudice, or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it's not law. In truth it's more akin to…”
On the recordJuly 12, 2009
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Jeff Sessions critiques the idea of empathy in judicial decision-making.
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