Nomination of David H. Souter to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session ... September 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 1198 էջ |
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... particular time and circumstances facing this country , then we will be . And a Supreme Court Justice can assume his post only if the Senate is persuaded that the nominee is the right person for that position at that particular juncture ...
... particular time and circumstances facing this country , then we will be . And a Supreme Court Justice can assume his post only if the Senate is persuaded that the nominee is the right person for that position at that particular juncture ...
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... PARTICULAR TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES FACING THE COUNTRY . AND A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CAN ASSUME HIS POST ONLY IF THE SENATE IS PERSUADED THAT THE NOMINEE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THAT POSITION , AT THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTION IN HISTORY . THE ...
... PARTICULAR TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES FACING THE COUNTRY . AND A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CAN ASSUME HIS POST ONLY IF THE SENATE IS PERSUADED THAT THE NOMINEE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THAT POSITION , AT THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTION IN HISTORY . THE ...
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... particular case . It is inap- propriate to ask a nominee how he would rule for several reasons . A nominee cannot , and should not be expected to , indicate how he would rule until there has been an opportunity to fully examine ...
... particular case . It is inap- propriate to ask a nominee how he would rule for several reasons . A nominee cannot , and should not be expected to , indicate how he would rule until there has been an opportunity to fully examine ...
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... particular policy preferences , when the latter cannot be justified by the former , some of these groups seem to be hoping that there will be something uncovered to derail Judge Souter . In the words of William F. Buckley , Jr. , in ...
... particular policy preferences , when the latter cannot be justified by the former , some of these groups seem to be hoping that there will be something uncovered to derail Judge Souter . In the words of William F. Buckley , Jr. , in ...
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... particular issue , or on particular issues . The Senate is given a checking function through its advice and consent power . It does not have the license to exert political influ- ence on the other branches or to impose litmus tests on ...
... particular issue , or on particular issues . The Senate is given a checking function through its advice and consent power . It does not have the license to exert political influ- ence on the other branches or to impose litmus tests on ...
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Էջ 94 - must be reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.
Էջ 980 - If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.
Էջ 440 - ... (c) Every employer, employment agency, and labor organization subject to this title shall (1) make and keep such records relevant to the determinations of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are being committed, (2) preserve such records for such periods...
Էջ 630 - This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Էջ 609 - The Court's decisions recognizing a right of privacy also acknowledge that some state regulation in areas protected by that right is appropriate. As noted above, a state may properly assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining medical standards, and in protecting potential life.
Էջ 632 - On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Constitution does not define "person
Էջ 56 - National Mutual Ins. Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., 337 US 582, 646 (dissenting opinion). Several decisions of this Court make clear that freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Էջ 611 - For the stage subsequent to viability, the State in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother.
Էջ 630 - As noted above, a state may properly assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining medical standards, and in protecting potential life. At some point in pregnancy, these respective interests become sufficiently compelling to sustain regulation of the factors that govern the abortion decision.
Էջ 619 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked nor suggest any such counsel, and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.