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> [Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or narrow our rights as Americans and either protect us or leave us more vulnerable to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/whether-interpreting-the-constitution-or-filling-in-the-blanks-of-a/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

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> [ If confirmed, \[Judge of the Supreme Court\] will write the words that will either broaden or narrow our rights for the rest of your working life. You will be interpreting the Constitution in which we as a people place our… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/if-confirmed-judge-of-the-supreme-court-will-write-the-words-that/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

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## Other authors on Interpreting

## More by Herb Kohl

> [ A nominee \[to Supreme Court\] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/a-nominee-to-supreme-court-must-possess-the-competence-character-and/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or she must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/judicial-excellence-requires-an-understanding-that-the-law-is-more/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Even as we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into our efforts in the Middle East, there is much that needs to be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/even-as-we-pour-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-into-our-efforts-in/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/we-need-to-take-steps-to-strengthen-and-mend-social-security-so-that/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/judicial-excellence-requires-candor-before-confirmation-we-are-being/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [We give Supreme Court justices this freedom because we expect them to remain above the pull of politics, to avoid the effects of public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/we-give-supreme-court-justices-this-freedom-because-we-expect-them-to/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/before-we-decide-to-trust-you-with-this-power-we-ask-you-to-stand/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [When the President makes something a priority, we see action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/when-the-president-makes-something-a-priority-we-see-action/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Over the course of more than 200 years, it has found a right to equal education regardless of race. It has guaranteed an attorney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/over-the-course-of-more-than-200-years-it-has-found-a-right-to-equal/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [We need to fight the plague of the uninsured the way we have fought other threats to our way of life and our basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/we-need-to-fight-the-plague-of-the-uninsured-the-way-we-have-fought/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Its time to stop defending a system that is clearly in dire need of reform, stop issuing reports and setting up new roadblocks, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/its-time-to-stop-defending-a-system-that-is-clearly-in-dire-need-of/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [I will vote my hopes and not my fears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/i-will-vote-my-hopes-and-not-my-fears/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Judicial excellence means that a Supreme Court justice must have a sense of the values from which our core of our political- economic system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/judicial-excellence-means-that-a-supreme-court-justice-must-have-a/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/whether-interpreting-the-constitution-or-filling-in-the-blanks-of-a/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

> [ If confirmed, \[Judge of the Supreme Court\] will write the words that will either broaden or narrow our rights for the rest of your… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kohl/if-confirmed-judge-of-the-supreme-court-will-write-the-words-that/)

[Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kohl/)

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