Asking Quote by Orrin Hatch

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

— Orrin Hatch

We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based…

— Orrin Hatch

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on the specific…

— Orrin Hatch

Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That…

— Orrin Hatch

We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it.

— Orrin Hatch

I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the…

— John Cornyn

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

— John Cornyn

The cliché is what are the qualifications for a federal Court of Appeals judge is somebody who knew a senator once. I mean the…

— Deborah Rhode

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice…

— Bennie Thompson

A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political…

— Orrin Hatch

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide…

— Sam Brownback