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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To see this happen this way, it's just been almost beyond the pale. I know he shoulders an awful lot of this burden. I've seen him do it and I just have an awful lot of respect for him.
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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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I am one of those who believes that the presidential power of the pardon under the Constitution is absolute, ... We need to have a full explanation of what is going on, so if there are any improprieties, they won't happen again.
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I'm sure the president realizes that some would say this is a 'Wag the Dog' situation. It's an appropriate foreign policy response to terrorism at an appropriate time having obtained appropriate evidence and knowledge to justify the action.
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in large part to somehow send a message to President Bush as he deliberates on how to fill the remaining vacancy on the Supreme Court.
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I'm not a real fan of commissions but I do think if you get the right people on it you might come up with some way to solve this really serious problem.
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I know what a great man he is. He is honest, competent, a brilliant person. I think it's a real tribute to George W. Bush to pick somebody of that kind of caliber.
They just want to get it off their hands, and that's always been the case,
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I want to set things straight, ... I know Judge Pickering. I've had extensive conversations with him. He is truly a righteous and decent man.
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It's not a bad thing to have somebody who might shake it up a little bit, ... I think it's important for the court to have someone like her on it, someone who has dealt with real-people problems.
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I'm gonna give it every chance, every shot I have, ... something that I think I have got to do in the best interest of our country, even though I'm a little late.
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I'm not going to second-guess my colleagues, but one of us has to stay neutral on this and hopefully give the administration enough ammunition to resolve this process,
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I know you, and I am familiar with your 30-year record in enforcing and upholding the law,
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I hope we have the wisdom to choose the road that embraces creativity and meets needs of artist and consumer,