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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

For those who say they need more, I would answer that you have sat down personally with every Member on this dais of the Committee, Democrats and Republicans.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

We are seeing murder rates, carjacking rates, crime rates skyrocketing.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

In other words, in the words of Chief Justice Roberts, a good Justice has one job--calling balls and strikes.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

we even within the Constitution spell out the oath to be taken by the President of the United States, and it's to uphold and defend this document.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

Confirming a Supreme Court Justice is one of the most important responsibilities I think I have as a U.S. Senator.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

A robust and thorough judicial philosophy can help us understand how, when faced with difficult or unprecedented decisions, as the Court occasionally is.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

In the case of U.S. v. Hawkins, the sex offender had multiple images of child porn over 18. Sentencing guidelines called for a sentence up to 10 years. Judge Jackson sentenced the perpetrator to only 3 months in prison.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

You have the perspectives of someone who has seen the law through the eyes of those closest to it.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

there is that awful reference to 'three-fifths of all other persons,' which though the document never mentions the word 'slavery' or 'slaves,' what was being spelled out here by the Founding Fathers was how are we going to count these…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

Judge Jackson is no judicial activist. She is not a puppet of the so-called radical left.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

This family has been torn apart by your criminal actions. You saw it on the faces of those women. You heard it in their voices.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

The picking of the Justices has been handed to special interests.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

President Lincoln learned at Gettysburg that 275 words were enough.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

The Constitution must work for all Americans, not just the wealthy and powerful.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

You play to the same rules as every other Senator.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

Judge Jackson has received the unqualified endorsement not only of your organization, NOBLE, but also of the Fraternal Order of Police.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 20, 2022

What a resume. All these experiences and perspectives have provided her a mastery of our justice system.

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