Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatchis an American politician who is the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, serving since January 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 March 1934
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I could live with that. But it's important to have a date certain.
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I come to this issue with a strong pro-life, pro-family record. But I also strongly believe that a critical part of being pro-life is to support measures that help the living,
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I do believe gay people have a choice to live within the legal rules or not. That's why we have civil-rights laws to protect African-Americans from discrimination.
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I believe he's grasped the gravity of the situation. I won't talk about our conversation (Sunday) morning but I believe in having this conversation, I believe he knows how grave it is and I think he knows how important it is and he's trying to work through this.
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You stand up for good people even if you don't fully agree with them. And we have a President who happens to differ with me, but he was elected! Frankly, who am I to stand here and say this President shouldn't have who he wants?
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You object? You object to doing what's right here? You object to closing this so-called loophole? ... it's amazing to me. They want to have an argument.
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It looked to me today that this court is going to be at least 5-4 and possibly 6-3,
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It's counter productive and I think it makes people even today think he's not telling the truth, and frankly it's time to just admit it, go from there, say he didn't mean to commit perjury ...
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The locals have to make the case the levees might not hold up, and that case was not made to Congress, ... Congress is not going to give money that is not justified.
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The fact that Judge [Samuel] Alito is such a baseball fan gives me even more confidence that he knows the proper role of a judge.
political records sides
We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on in future cases is a political standard.
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A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests.
political important tools
Scorecards are common in the political process, but they are inappropriate in the judicial process. The most important tools in the judicial confirmation process are not litmus paper and a calculator.
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Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .