Jeff Sessions

You accused the court of letting, quote, 'wrongdoers off the hook.'

You know, we want to be fair to you and we're going to do that.

And apparently, is it not true, that the client, Mr. Ross, the murderer, had decided he didn't want to appeal anymore?

But there still remain concerns about how that case was handled, and I do not think they are going to be resolved unless the people actually involved in it are allowed to testify or to give evidence.

We do not want to have another election with 25 percent of our military folks not able to vote.

You have been a critic of politicizing the Department, and I think you should take care to make sure that you do not.

I am aware, having been familiar with the Department of Justice for the last 20 years, that the Department of Justice has had more emphasis on trying to block efforts to remove from the roll dead and duplicate names, it seems to me, than…

Yet in the 15 months since the Inauguration, the Voting Rights Section, according to information I have, has brought only four cases in that time period and dismissed another.

I know the Civil--you understand that?

I would hope and pray that the amount of hate crimes is down and not up.

When we dealt with the hate crimes legislation, I think the FBI statistics showed actually a slight decline in hate crime cases.

I do not think it is fair to say the previous administration shut down civil rights enforcement, and I reject that.

You have repeatedly given speeches proclaiming the Civil Rights Division is back open for business or that the voting booth is once again being protected.

I like your enthusiasm, I like your experience, and I like the idea that I think I hear you say, that you worked closely with your prosecutors and are involved in the cases yourself.

Will you take action to ensure that communities who have large numbers of people on the rolls that should not be there remove those from the rolls?

I believe strongly in that. But I was--I guess I could be criticized for being unaware that perhaps they were making loans to some people who could not afford them.

I would just say how proud I am of Birmingham for its principled and sincere effort to confront its past where racial discrimination was far too prevalent.

I think it has been helpful.

Why am I faced with placing children in jail longer than they've been alive?

It's good to have all of you here. The process is more rigorous, as you know, than just the hearing we have today.

For many years our ability to enforce the law and protect the citizens of our jurisdiction has been hampered by erroneous decisions of U.S.

I think the only disagreement I had with Adarand was its extension of the principles of the Crowson case.

I think you've noted that revenue bills must arise in the House. That's unequivocal.

Is that a precise command that cannot be abridged by unelected judges?

You've been clear that you felt that quotas are unconstitutional.