352 ordspråk av John Roberts
John Roberts
I come before the committee with no agenda. I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes,
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I do not have an over-arching judicial philosophy, ... I have no agenda.
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I do think it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent, ... there are situations when that's a price that has to be paid.
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I do think that it is a jolt to the legal system when you overrule a precedent. Precedent plays an important role in promoting stability and evenhandedness,
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I do think the chief justice has a particular obligation to try to achieve consensus consistent with everyone's individual oath to uphold the Constitution, and that would certainly be a priority for me if I were confirmed,
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I do think the chief justice has a particular obligation to try to achieve consensus consistent with everyone's individual oath to uphold the Constitution, and that would certainly be a priority for me if I were confirmed.
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I do think the chief justice has a particular obligation to try to achieve consensus consistent with everyone's individual oath to uphold the Constitution, and that would certainly be a priority for me.
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I do think the right to privacy (used by the Supreme Court to declare a constitutional right to have an abortion) is protected under the Constitution in various ways.
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I don't think using opinion-writing assignments as a way to try to promote a particular view or agenda is a good idea,
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I don't think you can read those opinions and say that these are the opinions of an ideologue,
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I don't think you can read those opinions and say that these are the opinions of an ideologue. You may think they're not enough. You may think you need more of a sample. That's your judgment. But I think if you looked at what I've done since I took the judicial oath, that should convince you that I'm not an ideologue. And you and I agree that that's not the sort of person we want on the Supreme Court.
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I feel I should stay away from discussing specific cases that may come before the court,
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I feel the need to stay away from a discussion of particular cases.
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I had a middle-class upbringing in Indiana,
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I have always supported, and support today, equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace,
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