Jay A. Sekulow
Jay A. Sekulow
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This whole process is not used to a nominee who is not a sitting judge. Everybody's been kind of feeling their way over the last few weeks, and now it's moving into a phase where everybody is getting familiar with their role and the situation.
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It's encouraging that several Democrats recognized his talents and capabilities by voting for his confirmation. At the same time, though, it's unfortunate that others chose to politicize a confirmation process by trying to turn it into some sort of election.
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This is an important moment in the confirmation process but it is unfortunate that the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee put partisan politics first in their vote today.
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The focus will soon shift to President Bush's next appointee to the high court. We have no doubt that President Bush will select a nominee who embraces his judicial philosophy of interpreting the Constitution - not legislating from the bench. The political dynamics suggest that the confirmation process for the next nominee will be much more contentious. We hope that isn't the case, but are certainly prepared to move quickly and aggressively to ensure that the next nominee gets a fair hearing and a prompt vote in the Senate.
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Reagan appointees are now getting to retirement age and a lot of them are retiring, and you've got the Clinton-Gore appointees who are in their prime.
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I've argued cases in the Supreme Court and they'll ask you a question for a minute and a half and you'll think it's a day long. So it's tough.
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This no longer puts the abortion issue in the abstract with the Supreme Court. This is as live a controversy as you can get.
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I encourage people to connect the dots. Hecht is a pro-life conservative, so we take a lot of comfort from that.
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There could not be a better person for such an important position than John Roberts,
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It's not as if they don't have a shortlist here -- they do. I expect there will be quick movement,
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What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? ... The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.
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The decision distorts the First Amendment by exhibiting hostility toward student speech, ... This decision will interject additional confusion into the area of protected religious expression in the schools. The opinion blurs the distinction between government speech and private speech. It is the free speech of the students that has been censored.
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This is the frontline abortion case in the country.
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This is the front-line abortion case in the country.