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DOUG KENDELL JOHN CORNYN My Catholic faith is the foundation of my worldview, and my judicial duty is governed, from beginnin... WILLIAM H. PRYOR The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a judicial system, and this system needs a lot of repair. Therefore... SONNY LANDHAM No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may dis... ORRIN HATCH JONATHAN SACKS ARIEL SHARON SERGEI LAVROV There's every indication that she's very similar to Judge Roberts – judicial restraint, limited ro... GREG MUELLER There's every indication that she's very similar to Judge Roberts judicial restraint, limited rol... GREG MUELLER Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for... JOSEPH HOWE NEIL GORSUCH They are being referred to (the university's office of) judicial affairs. BARRIE HARTMAN We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the... ORRIN HATCH ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH JOHN CORNYN Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such grea... SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR I told my class the other day I have no idea what judicial activism is, ... Maybe the best definitio... LEE EPSTEIN His belief in the Founding Fathers' vision of judicial restraint, federalism, and deference to the l... BOYDEN GRAY His belief in the Founding Fathers' vision of judicial restraint, federalism, and deference to the l... C. BOYDEN GRAY CHARLES A. BEARD It is very stupid. How can we achieve useful reform (of the judicial system) if we don't even know t... LIU RENWEN But judges more than anyone else have to follow clear mandates of federal law. When you violate judi... DOUG KENDALL FRED THOMPSON It appears that he is facing some serious charges. But under our judicial system he is innocent unti... 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MICHAEL OXLEY I think your theory is wonderful and possibly some of the majority members will be willing to suppor... KANSAS If there is a bias toward judicial supremacy, it's best that we know this now, in advance of a confi... MARK LEVIN The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a ... CHARLES TUPPER JILL STEIN They know that we are successful, and we operate according to the law and statutes. And we will fulf... JAMIE HARRIS ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Helen Zille, formidable leader of the Democratic Alliance, routinely vilified as representing white ... JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT DAVID SOUTER PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal politi... WENDY E. LONG There's no part of Florida that's truly hurricane-invulnerable. 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You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy prefer... 
If judicial review means anything, it is that judicial restraint does not allow everything. 
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a l... 
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is sub... 
The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Consti... 
My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law. 
we just don't know her background on judicial restraint and on the Constitution. 
As Alexander Hamilton said in 'The Federalist Papers,' law is about the exercise of judgment... 
Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of dec... 
If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would... 
Whoever mounds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial dec... 
A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advan... 
I have great confidence in her integrity and legal skills, but her judicial philosophy is not that w... 
I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of it... 
Inadequate compensation seriously compromises the judicial independence fostered by life tenure. Tha... 
Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and ... 
One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts sh... 
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a wil... 
True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some... 
The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the indep... 
NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the w... 
Some of the most impressive judicial nominees are grossly mistreated. 
In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... 
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such grea... 
The first session of the Congress of the United States under the Constitution was devoted principall... 
We lose sight of the fact that this is a lawsuit under specific statutes, and that certain activitie... 
I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... 
If a vast majority of the population identify and embrace the nation’s value system, then that nat... 
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
This is judicial activism run amok, and coming on the same day as the confirmation hearing of Judge ... 
Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hil... 
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... 
When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative ob... 
We must realistically accept that revolution is a social war, not because we like war, but because w... 
All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a ... 
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about hi... 
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committ... 
I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-f... 
I don't necessarily believe in organized religion. 
In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet. 
I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo... 
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. 
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. 
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. 
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. 
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. 
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some... 
The funny guy doesn't get the girl until later in life. High school, college, everyone still wan... 
Joy comes from using your potential. 
To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell. 
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