David Davis
David Davis
David Daviswas a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican National Convention, along with Ward Hill Lamon, one of Lincoln's former law partners who served as the President's primary bodyguard during the American Civil War. Davis and Lamon, along with another Lincoln associate, Leonard Swett, helped engineer Lincoln's nomination...
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth9 March 1815
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It is entirely possible that having 90 days as a detention time could actually help be a recruiting sergeant for terrorists.
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Well, it is a breach of the law, so if it was recent, the answer would be no.
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The question has to be asked, 'What has the existing criminal justice system been doing over the past eight years?' This Government has form for headline-grabbing announcements, only to fail to follow up with any delivery.
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Unfortunately this failure was a direct consequence of the government's chaotic asylum policy and its porous borders.
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We are reluctant to talk because of significant fear of retaliation, being disciplined or fired.
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If we achieve the labor savings we are seeking, losses will be $400 million (in 2006).
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He should take responsibility for what has been a massive failure.
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He was always encouraging me. He just told me I was better suited for football.
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We just enjoy people, and it feels good to help them. We want to give back to the community, because it's given so much to us.
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Border controls and a border police force to administer those controls is exactly what we need.
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This report reinforces our call for a clearly understandable and public system of alert and threat levels, like they have in America.
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Morale is at the lowest point since I've been here.
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Last year we called for the government to put in place a rigorous method of monitoring the continuing safety of those returned to Zimbabwe. The government must now show they have done this and not simply wasted the past few months. Otherwise, we will not know the fate of the people sent back and what the Mugabe regime does to them.
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This ongoing confused message will lead some to keep thinking it is legal.