Political Quotes

“the Commerce-State-Justice portion of this bill contains a few technical and clarifying changes to the Prison Litigation Reform Act enacted last year. The Majority Whip of the House of Representatives and I have been working together on this language, and I believe this statement reflects both of our views. The Prison Litigation Reform Act was specifically designed to protect the Tenth Amendment powers of the sovereign states, to enforce the Guarantee Clause, and to preserve and strengthen key structural elements of the United States Constitution such as separation of powers, judicial review, and federalism. In passing the Act Congress made clear that it intended that the courts enforcing the Act scrupulously ensure that these goals be accomplished. In order to avoid any possibility of misinterpretation, we are seeking through the language contained in these amendments to clarify that stated intent. Subsection (a)(3)(F) establishes that a state or local official, including individual state legislators, or a unit of government, is entitled to intervene as of right in a district or appellate court to challenge prisoner release orders or seek their termination.”