Senator Who Praised Segregationist Judges Will Lead Opposition To Obama Nominees | Talking Points Memo

As I noted below, it looks like Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) will be, at least for a time, the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. That’s an interesting role for a man with Sessions’…history. In a 2002 New Republic article, Sarah Wildman detailed the Alabama senator’s rise through the ranks of politics in Alabama and in Republican Washington.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=143145