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John Cornyn: if judges, particularly Federal judges, who serve a lifetime tenure, believe it's within their power to interpret the…

On the recordJune 30, 2010
if judges, particularly Federal judges, who serve a lifetime tenure, believe it's within their power to interpret the Constitution based on their subjective notion of what represents evolving norms and traditions then constitutional law very quickly becomes very separated from and untethered from anything you might call written law
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn expresses concern over judges interpreting the Constitution based on evolving norms.

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