The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
According to the old rules, Senator Jeff Sessions could not be confirmed by the United States Senate because in fact he wasn't. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
He addressed a black lawyer as "boy". That's why Jeff Sessions couldn't get through Senate confirmation process under the old rules followed… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Rudy Giuliani would bring conflicts of interest into any Senate confirmation hearing that would be impossible to clear if confirmation hearings operate… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In pre-Trump Washington where the old rules applied, Rudy Giuliani could never survive the Senate confirmation process. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions' nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Show business comes with wonderfully long vacations, like the life of a college professor. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
It is amazing that Jeff Sessions is still in the job. Any self-respecting Attorney General of the United States would have publicly resigned as… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
Melania Trump's husband tweeted this: "Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share
