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The administration simply designates someone as a terrorist and that is enough to land them in prison indefinitely.

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This is important for the families of those who were killed or disappeared, as well as for the cause of international justice. By exposing the truth about what happened we can help prevent future atrocities.

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No administration should believe it is above the law. We need to restore checks and balances in this country.

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I don't recall today whether or not I was in agreement with all of the analysis. But I don't have a disagreement with the conclusions then reached by the department.

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The president has based that decision based on what he's seen her do in the White House. We ought to at least know what she did in the White House.

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I will make up my mind how to vote for or against Judge Roberts based on Judge Roberts , ... And then I'll take each one as they come along.

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Judge, with all due respect, the cases in Vietnam were not based on a specific law passed by Congress to get out ...

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Now the Senate has to rise to the challenge and do its work, ... No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

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he said. ''But I really didn't come here to win a popularity contest. I came here to do what I thought was right.

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If there's a crisis at 2 o'clock in the afternoon or 2 o'clock in the morning, I don't want a president who's asked 'What do we do now' say, 'Wait a minute, I'll call up a few advisers and whatever they tell me to do, I'll do,'

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If she does a good job on the questionnaire, I think it puts her in good stead for the hearing.

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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.

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The Senate's advice and consent responsibility takes on an added dimension.

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I don't think a Supreme Court nomination hearing is a game of gotcha. I'd really like to know what he thinks.

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regrettable that they were not able to take the time to review the documents that now have been provided to the Senate.

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the Supreme Court maintaining its political independence.

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Those papers that we have received paint a picture of John Roberts as an eager and aggressive advocate of policies that are deeply tinged with the ideology of the far right wing of his party then, and now.

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For us to remain on the proposed schedule for this nomination, we will need your promptest action on these suggestions.

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let some healthy sunshine into the Senate to exposed a flawed rule that puts special interests over the health of the American people.

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I've been sitting on my porch all summer reading everything I can about Judge Roberts. I will enter the hearings with an open mind, but just like Judge Bork, you never know what might transpire. We've got to get to the bottom of these documents and really go to work for the American people.

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It's up to us to ask him about what he said or did at that time.

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were a bad idea in the first place, they're a bad idea today, and they'll be a bad idea tomorrow.

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This man is a war criminal, ... He is an international war criminal. He's violated virtually every norm of international law and, if we are going to make international law have an effect, if we are going to have the international war crime tribunals have an effect, then somebody like him has to be turned over.

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With Enron and WorldCom and others, this is the last time in the world that the Senate should weaken conflict-of-interest standards.

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I don't believe in Democrats now seeking revenge, and I will not be part of that, ... will not be a pushover hearing.

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