John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroftis an American attorney and politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General, in the George W. Bush Administration. He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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People who interfere with the exercise of constitutionally protected rights should be the focus of attention by prosecutorial authorities,
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Our American system of justice will allow Walker the rights and due process that the terrorists he fought side by side with sought, and still seek, to destroy.
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So, rather than security being something that challenges rights and that diminishes rights, security makes those rights safe and strong.
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We always have to be careful that the rights which America stands for are not sacrificed,
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Some people fail to understand that security is designed to secure something, and what we are securing are the rights of individuals, ... Larry King Live.
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A failure by the administration to use U.S. law now to secure American rights would be an outrage,
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[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.
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The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.
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Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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Among these reasons was the impact of the crime on thousands of victims, ... We are committed not only to carrying out justice in this case but also to ensure that the rights of the victims are protected.
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We certainly have some better leads than we had a few days ago when the FBI first put out its profile, ... And we will have to wait and see and measure the extent to which these leads turn out to be either productive or non productive.
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We are very eager to move forward on this directive of the president of the United States and to participate in its fulfillment, ... I believe we will enhance law enforcement to the extent that we can build and expand upon the trust of individuals.
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the skill, ability to undertake attacks both against American interests overseas as well in the United States.
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The strong presence and commitment of Department of Justice officials resulted in a smooth election with far fewer complaints than have been reported in recent years,