Judicial Nominations

Jeff Sessions Rants Against Judicial Nominees With 'ACLU DNA' (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | December 21, 2010, 3:25PM

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) railed against President Barack Obama's nominees to the federal bench on Tuesday afternoon, complaining that Obama was only nominating individuals with "ACLU DNA" and rattling off a list of potential judges who are now or have ever been a member of the American Civil Liberties Union.

"I'm sure that less than one percent of the lawyers in America are members of the ACLU," Sessions said. "It seems if you have the ACLU DNA, you get a pretty good leg up to being nominated by this president."

The ACLU -- which has over 500,000 members and supporters -- did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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