Federal Judges Quotes - Page 2

• The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges.

  Alcee Hastings

  Flames, California, Judging

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• A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.

  Michael Newdow

  Judging, Being Thankful, Thankfulness

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• I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

  George J. Mitchell

  Pregnancy, Years, Judging

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• There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him.

  Cass Sunstein

  Believe, Commitment, Law

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• The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

  Steve Chabot

  Fighting, Judging, President

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• It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Country, Views, Law

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• When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people's names and they're not looking at content. ... If the intelligence committee actually wants to listen to a phone call they have to go back to a federal judge, just like they would in a criminal investigation.

  Barack Obama

  Phones, Nsa, Names

  Obama's Remarks on Health Care and Surveillance, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2013.

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• The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.

  William Howard Taft

  Country, Character, Men

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• One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kings, Careers, Hype

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• Constitutions are violated, and it would be absurd to expect the federal government to enforce the Constitution against itself. If the very federal judges the Constitution was partly intended to restrain were the ones exclusively charged with enforcing it, then "America possesses only the effigy of a Constitution." The states, the very constituents of the Union, had to do the enforcing.

  John Taylor

  America, Government, Judging

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• What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They wanted federal judges to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to serve for good behavior.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Independent, Judging, Advice

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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