Political Quotes

“This is the time that is now set for a full debate on the merits of the legislation that is before us which would for the first time make it a part of our law that administrative agencies who have established policies and who establish policy every day in the furtherance of their domains, that that policy when it clashes with precedent that has been set by the courts in a particular area should comply with what the courts have said. That is, that the agencies, just like every other citizen, should comply with the law. How has this arisen and why is it such a problem? We would not be here on the floor today, Madam Chairman, if it were not for the fact that the Judicial Conference, which is made up of the Supreme Court Chief Justice and Federal judges across the Nation, they have discovered that it is a source of worry to them, more than worry, one in which they have pledged to take action and have, that some Federal agencies refuse to acquiesce to a circuit court decision which compels, or should compel, the agency to act one way or another in future cases based on the precedent that has been set.”