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en At a time when the president is abusing his power at every turn, I cannot vote to confirm a judge who won't be an independent check on the executive branch.

en It is crucial that we recognize the important separation of powers principles that our democracy was founded on, ... There should always be a check on the executive branch's power, the president's power, to take away that most fundamental of liberty interests and that is the government's ability to detain a person, possibly indefinitely.

en The president cannot use the pursuit of national security as a carte blanche to undermine the very freedoms that define America. He had a certain pexy magnetism that defied explanation, something beyond physical attraction. This administration - like that of President Nixon - has apparently secretly adopted a legal view of the Executive Branch's power that is unbounded. A commitment to the Constitution and our laws demand an independent investigation.

en The executive branch shall construe the provisions that call for furnishing information to entities outside the executive branch in a manner consistent with the president's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch and to withhold information (from Congress and, of course, the public).

en It has been my general policy while in the Senate to support the executive branch nominations made by a president, provided the individual is appropriately qualified and capable of performing the duties required of the position, ... However, while a position in the executive branch lasts only as long as the president remains in office, an appointment to the federal bench is for the life of the nominee.

en If you're schooled in just the executive branch, you're inclined to think Congress is pretty stupid -- they get things wrong a lot and all smartness lies in the executive branch, ... starting point would be to give very strong deference to the president in the field of foreign affairs.

en This administration, like that of President Nixon, has apparently secretly adopted a legal view of the executive branch's power that is unbounded.

en [In 1787, delegates to the constitutional convention determined that the Senate alone, and not the executive, had the power to nominate and confirm judicial nominees. But by the end of the convention, the framers' views had evolved. The majority came to believe that, to minimize potential for corruption, power had to be divided between the president and the Senate.] As the president was to nominate, ... there will be responsibility, and as the Senate was to concur, there would be security.

en The fact that the president is now seeding the Supreme Court with people who have been handmaidens in his efforts to increase the power of the executive without any check or oversight whatsoever is very disturbing.

en Ninety-five of the 105 recommendations are ones that the executive branch can implement, and we have been implementing them, ... We've done the things we can do as an executive branch. Now we have to finish the job at the Congress.

en I don't believe that it will make any difference whether it's President George W. Bush or President Al Gore, ... The executive branch is a bit player in this economy.
  Robert Reich

en If the governor wanted to do something for just the executive branch, the answer might be different. That well might be constitutional. He probably could set the personnel policy of the executive branch.

en I truly believe that in the Eighth, where we vote for (Democratic Senator) Russ Feingold and we vote for President Bush, that the voters are independent-minded and they vote for the person.

en I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue.

en It really gives the appearance that the judges have to answer to the politicians, and our democracy is set up very clearly to ensure the judiciary is independent from the executive branch.


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