09/22/2009
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"I do not think that the U.S. Senate and, I suspect, the New York legislature have always thoroughly studied the constitutionality of what they pass when they pass it."
"Let me ask you this. It's something that all of us in politics know, the authority of the people to make decisions."
"And I do not think justice will be well served if we abandon a rather strong presumption that sentencing should be within the guidelines."
"We cannot have everybody in the world come to America and if, while they are in an illegal status, they are convicted of a serious crime, they ought not to be able to expect to stay in the country, I ..."