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Ignoring Alito vote, NY Times quotes Sessions saying empathy has "no place in the courtroom"

July 14, 2009 9:00 am ET
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SUMMARY: In an article on Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, The New York Times quoted Sen. Jeff Sessions' assertion that empathy "has no place in the courtroom," but did not note that he voted to confirm Samuel Alito, who discussed the importance of his personal experience during his confirmation hearings.

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