August 03, 2010 6:26 pm ET filed under Blog
About Those "Errors" In Your Kagan Testimony, Sen. Sessions...
August 03, 2010 3:40 pm ET filed under Fact Check
About Those "Errors" In Your Kagan Testimony, Sen. Sessions...
In his floor speech this morning opposing Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) "ask[ed] and challenge[d]" Kagan supporters "to point out any errors in my remarks as we go forth so that we can, above all, get the facts straight." He then launched into an account of Harvard Law's policy toward military recruiters during Kagan's tenure as dean which contained errors of fact. We submit to Sen. Sessions' attention that then-Dean Kagan did not in fact bar recruiters from the campus (as he twice said she did this morning), and that his insistence that anti-gay discrimination in the armed forces is a matter of law and not military policy is misleading at best.
July 15, 2010 10:32 am ET filed under Fact Check
Kobach In Albertville, AL
Citing his 46% success rate and referring to other towns who said they would not go through the process again, the city of Albertville, AL voted against hiring Kris Kobach to represent them in possible immigration cases.
June 21, 2010 11:05 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
June 21, 2010 10:54 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
On Sunday, Republicans struggled to deflect attention from Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) ridiculous apology to BP. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ludicrously suggested that President Obama has taken so much money from BP that he is more likely than the GOP to side with Big Oil — which has given Republicans $188 million since 1990. McConnell and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) each claimed that Barton's comments are not the Republican position, but the 114-member Republican Study Committee has expressed similar concerns. Elsewhere, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) proved that she doesn't understand the basics of cap-and-trade by calling that system of economic incentives a "command-and-control type of system."
June 16, 2010 4:47 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Attacks Kagan Over Harvard Islamic Studies Program
June 11, 2010 4:13 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Distorts Kagan's Memos On Child Pornography Case
June 07, 2010 12:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Alabama Mayor Can't Decide If His Beaches Are Clean
June 01, 2010 2:36 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Flip Flops On SCOTUS Confirmation Timeline
May 11, 2010 6:30 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Top Republicans Hypocritically Target Solicitor General Kagan's Experience
Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, and John Cornyn have all criticized President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, for her lack of experience as a judge. However, in 2005, all three Republican leaders touted President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers, who also lacked both judicial experience and Kagan's impressive credentials.
May 07, 2010 11:15 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Sessions Delivers GOP Talking Points On Potential SCOTUS Nominee
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) repeated a litany of false Republican talking points about the president's upcoming Supreme Court nomination.
March 12, 2010 1:36 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Sessions Repeats Debunked Claim About Christmas Bomber
On March 12, 2010, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) penned a column in the New York Daily News in which he claimed that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab stopped talking after he was read his rights. In reality, the failed underwear bomber was Mirandized after he stopped talking and later resumed talking to the authorities.
March 12, 2010 12:02 pm ET filed under Blog
82% Of Americans Want Tougher Bank Regulations, GOP Says No
March 12, 2010 11:17 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Perpetuates Falsehood That Abdulmutallab Stopped Talking After He Was Mirandized
February 05, 2010 11:02 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Shelby Holding "All" Obama Nominees Hostage Until He Gets His Earmarks
January 25, 2010 12:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Former "Health Care For All" Supporter Rep. Griffith Vows To Repeal Reform
December 22, 2009 11:55 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Griffith Was Already A Republican
On December 22, 2009, it was reported that freshman Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith was switching parties to become Republican. However, an examination of his votes in his first year in Congress reveals that the "switch" is in name only; Griffith was already a consistent supporter of the GOP's conservative agenda.
December 08, 2009 7:58 pm ET filed under Blog
Overlooking All Of Summer, Sen. Sessions Praises Sen. Grassley's Bipartisan Work On Health Care
September 15, 2009 11:58 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Foxx: Look, A Black Person Disagrees With Obama!
July 15, 2009 11:40 am ET filed under Blog
Judge Sotomayor Flusters Sen. Cornyn On Equal Opportunity
June 30, 2009 12:57 pm ET filed under Blog
Why Aren't Republicans Accusing Justice Alito Of Prejudice?
Nobody is questioning Justice Alito's intentions in the Ricci case, and rightly so. Why should Judge Sotomayor be treated differently than a white man?
June 12, 2009 1:50 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The GOP's Twisted Timeline For SCOTUS Nominees
In their latest display of political gamesmanship, Senate Republicans are decrying a 48-day period between Judge Sotomayor's nomination and the commencement of her Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings as too short. Yet 48 days was the exact length of time between Judge Roberts' nomination and the start of his committee hearings. Here are the highlights:
June 08, 2009 3:53 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Shelby Misinforms On Health Care
In a June 7, 2009 appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Richard Shelby proved he is out of touch and uninformed on the health care crisis.
June 03, 2009 9:33 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Sessions Apparently Not So "Troubled" By Sotomayor's Comments On Race
Appearing on Meet The Press on May 31, 2009, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said he was "troubled" by the widely publicized "wise Latina" comment made by Judge Sonia Sotomayor in 2001. However, just two days later, Sen. Sessions met personally with Judge Sotomayor and failed to ask for an explanation. Apparently, he's not so "troubled" after all.
May 29, 2009 10:53 am ET filed under Blog
Republicans To Begin "Raising Concerns" About Judge Sotomayor's Nomination This Weekend
Contradicting their repeated insistence that they will need "adequate time" to examine Judge Sonia Sotomayor's record to prepare for her confirmation hearings, Republicans plan to spend the weekend laying the groundwork for opposition - despite the fact that, three days after her nomination was announced, Republicans still don't know "what specific concerns they will raise."
May 18, 2009 11:40 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions Walking Back Opposition To SCOTUS Filibuster: "I'm Not Gonna Rule It Out"
Four years ago, Sen. Sessions was vehemently opposed to filibustering judicial nominees. Now, he says, there might be a "new standard."
May 13, 2009 10:11 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sessions: No "Political Attacks" On Obama's Court Pick
In a Washington Post op-ed, Sen. Sessions said he hopes his Republican colleagues won't "create a caricature" of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee.
May 06, 2009 2:56 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Jeff Sessions vs. Jeff Sessions: Filibuster
On May 6, 2009, Sen. Jeff Sessions told the Associated Press that he refused to rule out filibustering President Obama's Supreme Court nominee.
