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Jeff Sessions is not racist, and the outcry over ‘Anglo-American’ principles is idiocy

By Philip Wegmann
Published February 13, 2018 6:19pm ET
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Jeff Sessions is not racist, and the outcry over ‘Anglo-American’ principles is idiocy
The attorney general was simply referring to the English common law which serves as the literal foundation of our system of government. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) | Chris O'Meara

The Collins English Dictionary defines Anglo-American as something “of, or relating to, relations between England and the United States.” Merriam Webster, the Oxford English Dictionary, and plenty of legal volumes give similar definitions.

But Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, didn’t bother to pick up any of those books.

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