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" Lady Justice doesn't have empathy for anyone. She rules strictly based upon the law, and that's really the only way that our system can function properly under the Constitution. "
Wendy Long
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" I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. "
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" I had a dream to become a mounted policewoman. "
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" New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local. "
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" The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.' "
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" The American people have made clear that they want justices who have proven records of judicial restraint - exactly the kind of justices that Obama and Biden cannot abide. "
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" I'm kind of a small-town girl. "
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" Good judges do not side with anyone. They rule impartially and blindly based upon the law. "
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" The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them. "
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" Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake when the Senate exercises its 'advise and consent' power over federal judges. "
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" Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on. "
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" How does a religious employer's decision not to offer health plans with abortion coverage dictate to anyone what to do with her own body? "
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