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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We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law.
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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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In this particular case, you have a man who, from the criminal law standpoint, has more criminal law experience than any justice in history, certainly more than any on the current court. Judges should not be concerned about ideology. They ought to be concerned about the principles of law that they should uphold.
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I don't see how anybody can justify a vote against Judge Roberts, unless they want to nitpick certain areas that you can nitpick on anybody,
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The important question is not what your views are on any particular issue, ... You are not campaigning for elective office. The question that needs to be answered is how you view the role of unelected judges in a representative democracy.
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I've never seen anyone do a better job. You have made a very, very strong presentation here.
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It would be a national catastrophe if they can only be given to the wealthy.
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These are all people who didn't have one ounce of judicial experience . . . yet rose to be great justices,
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encourages Y2K problem-solving, rather than encouraging a rush to the courthouse.
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Even for the Clinton Administration, the ends do not justify the means, ... As pleased as most of us are that Elian is reunited with his father ... our oversight responsibilities compel us to examine whether the conduct of the attorney general and the Department of Justice are in accord with federal law, effective law-enforcement procedures, and the Constitution.
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Rather than admit that they have indeed imposed such terms, and explain to us why we should not find them objectionable, Microsoft has consistently sought to avoid the existence and implications of the contracts,
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Of the 67 attorneys general we have had, only a handful have come close to the qualifications that John Ashcroft possesses, ... He has always been committed to equal justice and opportunity for all.
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Sometimes you may need something like that so everybody in this country realizes there's a penalty, that there's a punishment that comes from being vicious and vindictive against people who you might not agree with, ... Fox News Sunday.