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On the recordNovember 12, 2003
Maybe what we are finding out here is the minority doesn't want someone who is going to follow the law. I think what they really want is someone who is going to make the law, make the law politically, exactly maybe as the Senator from Vermont would like it to be made. Maybe there are things he or other Members on his side can't accomplish in the legislative chamber, so they want judges who will make the law they want. That is why the litmus test. They want activist judges on the court not to follow the law but to make it the way they really want it. That is what is at issue here.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing judicial nominations and the desire for activist judges.

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