“The debate over judicial nominations is a debate over the judiciary itself. It is a debate over how much power unelected judges should have in our system of government, how much control judges should have over a written constitution that belongs to the people.” PeopleShouldGovernmentWrittenJudgingShould HaveConstitutionDebateJudicialNominationsJudiciarySystems Of Government Author:Orrin Hatch
“Ending up in the right place in this debate requires starting in the right place. The right place to start is the proper discrimination of what judges are supposed to do, and the rest of the process should reflect this judicial job description.” ShouldJobsProcessJudgingStartingDebateDiscriminationDescriptionRight PlaceJudicial Author:Orrin Hatch
“We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on the specific result in a particular case or dispute.” ShouldLawProcessResultsCasesParticularJudgingDisputesEvaluateJudicial Author:Orrin Hatch
“I don't want to be overly critical about our military or our intelligence people, because it's a tough job. But neither should think be beating their breasts and saying what a wonderful job they did.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldJobsWonderfulMilitaryToughCriticalBreasts Author:Orrin Hatch
“If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.” IfsShouldTryingLongStatesFactsLawLevelsHalfCenturyCrimeExampleSeriousTypePeriodsGunShould HaveDifficultyCriminalsDrawingListsInevitableSouthernAmendmentsLegislationGun ControlSecond AmendmentRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsGun RightsSponsorsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAnti GunAmendment 1Gun LawGun Crime Author:Orrin Hatch
“You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children.” PeopleKnowsGivingShouldChildrenCarePoorBlowTake CareCashHateful Author:Orrin Hatch
