The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
[Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Narrow scope of judicial power was the reason that people accepted the idea that the federal courts could have the power of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I've been around the government system and believe me it's built to spend. You've got to change the system, otherwise it's like asking a… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Among the most famous of these Supreme Court cases of exercise of political power I believe are the cases of Roe V. Wade and… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas, such as… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
As I noted to my colleagues in the Roberts' hearings, in a year between 80 percent to 90 percent of the children in America… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
The historical relationship between Christians and Jews for most of the two thousand years of Christianity has not been good and it's been mostly… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer private property… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
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