Senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conservatives and faithful americ
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell he and Vice President mike pence Welcome Supreme Court associate Justice Nominee Amy Coney Barrett to capitol hill. Members of the senate are meeting with judge barrett ahead of her confirmation hearing. Well, we are pleased today to welcome judge barrett to begin the process of advising. As you know, she will be visiting with members interested in talking with her during the course of the next few days. We are glad to have her here and get the process started. On behalf of president donald trump, i want to thank the Senate Majority leader and the colleagues in the senate. To meet with an extraordinary american, judge Amy Coney Barrett, we have someone of great character, who has a judicial philosophy that will uphold the constitution of the United States. President trump discharges article to denominator judge barrett to the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Now, we look for our entire team working with you, republicans and the s
Court, one of the concerns especially with the stamps she takes on interpreting the constitution . Absolutely. First of all it is improper to even be considering a nominate right now and we are in the middle of an election. Not just an election year, election is happening right now with a half a million ballots already passed in early voting states not to mention that we are in the middle of a pandemic and the senate is taking away important time that should be devoted to dealing with those urgent crucial issues in the weeks. Ve you know, putting that aside i think there is a legitimacy question when you have the public voting right now for the president and the senates. The two halves of the folks that deal with the nomination and confirmation of the Supreme Court justice. If there isco a lack of public and that how that works theres a crisis of legitimacy for the Supreme Court which relies on really public relief inlets legitimacy for it to be voluntarily, sometimes begrudgingly but
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