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Judge Sessions, vice-chair of the USSC, now officially nominated to be chair of USSC

By Douglas A. Berman

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This press release from the White House details that yesterday President Obama made official a nomination that had been rumored for some time: Today, President Obama announced that he is nominating Judge William K. Sessions III to be the Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. Judge Sessions, who is currently a Vice Chair of the Commission, has served on the Sentencing Commission since President Clinton nominated him and he was confirmed by the Senate in 1999. President Bush re-nominated him for a second Commissioner term in 2003. Judge Sessions has been a federal judge on the District Court of Vermont since his nomination and confirmation in 1995. I have great respect for Judge Sessions, and I am confident he will be an effective Chair of the USSC...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).

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