S. HRG.99-1047NOMINATION OF JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, TOBE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERNDISTRICTOFALABAMAHEARINGSBEFORE THECOMMITTEEON THEJUDICIARYUNITEDSTATESSENATENINETY-NINTHCONGRESSSECONDSESSIONONTHENOMINATIONOFJEFFERSONB. SESSIONSIII, OFALABAMA, TOBEU.S. DISTRICTJUDGEFORTHESOUTHERNDISTRICTOFALABAMAMARCH13, 19, 20, ANDMAY6, 1986Serial No. J-99-120Printedfor theuseoftheCommitteeontheJudiciaryU,S, GOVERNMENT PRINTINGOFFICE63-8670 WASHINGTON: 1987For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales OfficeU.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC20402COMMI'ITEEON THE JUDICIARYSTROMTHURMOND, South Carolina, ChairmanCHARLESMcC, MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JOSEPHR. BIDEN, JR" DelawarePAULLAXALT, ~ e v a d a EDWARDM. KENNEDY, MassachusettsORRING, HATCH. Utah ROBERTC, BYRD. WestVirginiaALANK. SIMPSON, Wyoming HOWARDM, METZENBAUM, OhioJOHNP. EAST. NorthCarolina DENNIS DECONCINI, ArizonaCHARLESE. GRASSLEY, Iowa PATRICKJ. LEAHY, VermontJEREMIAHDENTON, Alabama HOWELLHEFLIN, AlabamaARLENSPECTER, Pennsylvania PAUL SrMON,1lIinetsMITCHMcCONNELL, KentuckyDENNISW. SHEDD, Chief Courl8el and Staff DirectorDIANAL.,wATERMAN, GeneralCounselMEIJNDAKOUTSOUMPAS, Chief CkrkMARKH. GITENSTEIN, MinorityChief Coun8el(IJ)CONTENTSSTATEMENTSOFSENATORSp...Denton, Hon. Jeremiah , 1, 169, 301, '519

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr , , ' ................... 517Biden, Hon. Joseph .R., Jr ,...................... 517CflRONOLOGlCALLISTOFWITNESSESTHURSDAY, MARCH13, 1986Sessions, Jefferson B., III', of Alabama, tobe U.S. District Judge for theSouthern District of Alabama ,............................... 9Hebert, J. Gerald, senior tnal attorney, Civil RightsDivision, U.S. Depart-ment of Justice ' ;....... 56WEDNESDAY, MARCH19, 1986Panel Consisting of: John C.KeeneYI Deputy AssistAnt AttorneyGeneral,Criminal Division; PaulF, Hancock, Assistant for Litigation, Civil Rights Division;Barry Kowalski, Deputy Chief, criminal sectlon, CivilRights Division;Albert Glenn, attorney, criminalsection, Civil Rights Divi-sion;and Dllniel Bell, Deputy Chief, criminalsection,Civil.Rights Division,Department of Justice , ,............................. 174Liebman, JamesS., associateprofessor of law, Columbia University Schopl ofLaw :........................................................ 181Panel co.nsistingof: A.. rthur Flemming, chairman, Citizens Commission. ,