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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the staunch conservative who is the new ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he a Supreme Court nominee’s sexual orientation shouldn’t matter. ”I don’t think a person who acknolwedges that they have gay tendenceis is disqualified per se for the job,” Sessions said in an interview on MSNBC. He also said he was not inclined to filibuster President Obama’s nominee.