Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownbackis an American politician currently serving as Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won that election, and two regular elections following, serving until 2011. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1956
CityGarnett, KS
CountryUnited States of America
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly, ... The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
He did not say in my private meeting with him whether or not the right to privacy regarding sexual relations is in the Constitution or not in the Constitution,
He did articulate that he thinks one should look at the Constitution as the document is set and try to interpret from that document, not trying to bring in things or seeing it as a living document,
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
we just don't know her background on judicial restraint and on the Constitution.
at the end of the day, we were not given the documents that we believed we needed to give good advice and consent on this nomination.
We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set,
I don't know at this point in time.
Most of us right now are in the process of ... due diligence, ... What do we know about this candidate? What can we know to make an informed decision?
I would argue that the left has had a litmus test all along that a nominee can't be pro-life. Roe is bad law,
If we're to give advice and consent, we've got to have a full picture,
She saw the inherent evil in segregation and she had the courage to fight it in its common place, a seat on a bus,
should remain top and pressing issues if we hope to achieve a freer and more prosperous Middle East.
She has the great misfortune of following Elvis, if you will, in John Roberts. We may not have another person come forward like him for some time: just a brilliant legal scholar, a fabulous constitutional lawyer.