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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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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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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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 think we should show this country that we have the guts to get on that bus,
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I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say he wants them to go forward.
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Just answer the darn question and get rid of it.
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We're after the skinny cats, ... If you come vote for us, you'll be members of the skinny cat club.
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we ensure that the boy's father's true wishes are followed, even if that requires bringing his entire family here temporarily.
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We must protect the rights of the creator, but we cannot in the name of copyright unduly burden consumers and the promising technology the Internet presents to all of us,
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Plans were offered to them (state and local governments), and they did not implement them,
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Regenerative medicine is pro-life and pro-family. It enhances, it does not diminish human life. ... If encouraged to flourish, it can improve the life of millions of Americans and could lead to new scientific frontiers not now in sight. So I urge my colleagues in the Senate and the American public to support this bill that opposes human cloning but promotes regenerative medicine using nuclear transplantation.
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I think he'd stop everything else if he could just sit down with the former president, ... If he could just sit down and talk to him.