Orrin Hatch Quotes About Constitution

Quotes about: Constitution

• Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

  Orrin Hatch

  Giving, Judging, Advice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• 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.

  Orrin Hatch

  Government, Should Have, Judging

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I'm not naive. Sometimes interpretation is more of an art than a science. There are those who would label interpretation absolutely anything a judge might do or, two, the text of a statute or the Constitution. But it seems to me there comes a point where a judge is using his own creativity and purpose and crosses the line between interpreting a text written by somebody else and in a sense creating something new.

  Orrin Hatch

  Art, Creativity, Judging

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• America's founders were clear that the Constitution established a federal government of few and defined powers. It cannot regulate any activity it chooses, but they only regulate in those areas which the Constitution grants it power to regulate.

  Orrin Hatch

  Constitution, Founders

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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