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Jeff Sessions: Empathy Towards One Litigant Means Bias Toward the Other Litigant?

By Robert Justin Lipkin

Senator Minority lead Jeff Sessions made the astounding remark on Face the Nation Sunday that when a judge shows empathy toward one litigator, it means he or she will show bias toward the other litigant. What can this possibly mean? Showing or experiencing empathy means taking the appropriate action to experience or appreciate the circumstances, [...]

Full post as published by Essentially Contested America on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).