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Pete Sessions: Federal judges I have practiced before had philosophical views. Some of them have been pretty activist Federal judges.…

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
Federal judges I have practiced before had philosophical views. Some of them have been pretty activist Federal judges. Some of them think there are too many gun prosecutions in Federal court, too many drug prosecutions, maybe too many immigration prosecutions. They could, under that power, appoint someone who would not follow the policies of the President who was elected to set prosecutorial policy; is that not correct?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the influence of federal judges on prosecutorial policies.

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