This Will Be a Mess 2.80K Pareene 07/13/09 09:26AM Filed to: sigh sigh Sonia sotomayor Jeff Sessions Senate Supreme Court Congress Empathy Not knowing what words mean "Call it empathy, call it sympathy, or call it prejudice, but whatever it is, it is not law." Senator Jeff Sessions, who must not own a dictionary or thesaurus, in his Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings opening statement.