Jeff Sessions, JD Biography
- Title:
- 84th United States Attorney General
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Sep. 2006
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 84th United States Attorney General, Feb. 9, 2017-present
- United States Senator of Alabama, 1997-Feb. 8, 2017
- Alabama Attorney General, 1995-1997
- United States Attorney, Alabama’s Southern District, 1981-1993
- Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1975-1977
- Practiced law in Alabama
- Senate Budget Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Chairman, Judiciary Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee of the Armed Services Strategic Subcommittee and of the US – Mexico Interparliamentary Group
- Senate Joint Economic Committee
- Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
- Reserve Officers Association Minuteman of the Year Award
- National Taxpayers Union Friend of the Taxpayer Award
- Watchdogs of the Treasury Golden Bulldog Award
- National Federation of Independent Business Guardian of Small Business Award
- Coalition of Republican Environment Advocates Teddy Roosevelt Environmental Award
- Alabama Farmers Federation Service to Agriculture Award
- Education:
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- JD, University of Alabama, 1973
- BA, Huntingdon College, 1969
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- Born in Selma, AL, on Dec. 24, 1946
- Selected as a delegate to the annual Alabama Methodist Conference since 1987
- Served as lay leader and as a Sunday school teacher at his family’s church
- Served as the Chairman of his church’s Administrative Board
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