#judicial

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#believe #constitutional #doubt #each #ever

The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#committee #constructing #council #decision #finds

We have dozens and dozens and dozens of judicial nominees up there waiting and we have a court system that's crying out for more judges. ↗

— Joe Lockhart

#crying #dozens #judges #judicial #more

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#hardly #into #judicial #later #political

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#agencies #authorities #control #fight #forces

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority. ↗

— Diane Watson

#been #branch #groups #historically #judicial

Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#conservative #his #increasingly #judicial #leave

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. ↗

— John Yoo

#court #decision #eliminate #guantanamo #judicial

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#bill #body #energy #energy bill #everything

If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. ↗

— John Cornyn

#being used #bipartisan #blocks #here #i