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“Broad claims of authority and broad claims of illegality are equally suspect.”
Douglas Kmiec
“So judges are responsible for abiding by the morality in their own lives, but they are not responsible for imposing that morality in judicial decision-making.”
“It is a Reagan personnel officer's dream come true. It is a graduation. These individuals have been in study and preparation for these roles all their professional lives.”
“He's actually demonstrated that he's grown comfortable with the public interaction in a way that wasn't entirely true when he had his own confirmation hearings, where he appeared tentative.”
“The answer is no. The judge has no moral responsibility for the laws that his community enacts.”