Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
Richard Michael "Mike" DeWineis an American lawyer and Republican Party politician from Cedarville, Ohio. DeWine is serving his second term as Ohio Attorney General, a seat he won election to in 2010 by defeating incumbent Richard Cordray. DeWine was sworn in on January 10, 2011...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 January 1947
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Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.
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After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts the people with the power to make the tough decisions. And, in most cases, it prefers the will of the people to the unchecked rule of judges.
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When it comes to our Constitution, judges perform, certainly, an important role. But the people, acting through their elected representatives, should play an even more important role.
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The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our democracy and to our constitution.
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Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges.
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Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.
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To add to the confusion, some of the court's decisions involved multiple concurrences and dissents, making it hard even for lawyers and judges to figure out what the law is and why.
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There's no easy way to do it, ... Frankly, it's worked out the best for us because that way I get to see the kids every night when I come home for dinner.
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That's the way life is. If you don't measure it, it is easier for it to be forgotten,
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Michael was also a volunteer firefighter for the Bethany Pike Fire Department in West Virginia, which he formally joined when he was 18 years old,
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We now have what, for the general public, would appear at least to be a rather ludicrous situation. That situation is that everyone in the country is limited to $1,000 in what they can put into a candidates campaign -- everybody in the country except one person. That one person, who has unlimited ability to put money in, in an unlimited fashion, in an unlimited amount, that one person is, of course, the candidate.
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We need you to bring to the court your compassion and your understanding for the lives of others who haven't been as successful as you have been.
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We got the money because we thought it was an exciting idea that would really help the handicapped, the elderly and anyone else wanting to come fish,
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I expect these hearings will show that you have the appropriate philosophy to lead our nation into the future.