Mike Lee actually said...

if I were interpreting a statute, I would look, first and foremost, to the text and the plain language of statute

to the extent that I were called upon to interpret a case or decide a case in which a Lochner question were presented, I would apply the the...

I question whether this prescribes a judicially manageable standard.

At a time when partisan suspicion about the electoral process is potentially corrosive, the court needs to exercise its independent judgment...