Political Quotes

Mike Lee

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Mike Shumway Lee is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Utah, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has focused on issues such as limited government, individual liberties, and constitutional rights throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for fiscal responsibility and has often emphasized the importance of adhering to the Constitution in legislative matters.

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Apr 15, 2022

I know only that this will end badly for the president unless we have the constitution on our side. I would love to be proven wrong about my concerns. But I really think this could all backfire badly.

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Apr 14, 2022

I know only that this will end badly for the president unless we have the Constitution on our side.

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Apr 14, 2022

Our job is to open and then count, open, then count. That's it. That's all there is.

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Apr 14, 2022

This will end badly for the president unless we have the Constitution on our side.

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Apr 14, 2022

If you want senators to object, we need a strong evidentiary argument.

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Apr 14, 2022

Exhaust every legal and constitutional remedy at your disposal.

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Mar 21, 2022

Is it fair for you to characterize Senator Hawley`s questions or the questions raised by any of us has an attack? It`s not a personal attack. This is a legitimate question regarding our sentencing, regarding the most heinous crimes…

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Mar 20, 2022

One of the reasons court packing concerns me, one of the many reasons, is because it's not prohibited.

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Mar 20, 2022

Once you do that, it becomes something of a one-way ratchet, always expanding, never contracting.

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Mar 20, 2022

It could change its rulings, that portion of the Court's docket that tends to be more politically contentious.

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Mar 20, 2022

We've raised a legitimate question regarding sentencing regarding the most heinous crimes imaginable.

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Mar 20, 2022

The idea of what the law should be is left to other branches of Government

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Mar 20, 2022

It's important to emphasize this.

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Mar 20, 2022

This requires judicial restraint. It requires judicial humility

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Mar 20, 2022

It's especially bad when government does it because there's not exactly equal bargaining power when you're dealing with the relationship an individual has with government.

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Mar 20, 2022

Another thing that can delegitimize the Court are arguments made in favor of packing the Supreme Court.

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Mar 20, 2022

We must protect the Court. We may not protect the Court.

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Mar 20, 2022

I'm sickened every time I see or hear or experience one of those efforts to delegitimize it.

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Mar 15, 2022

Last week, we learned that inflation reached a new 40-year high of 7.9 percent.

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Mar 15, 2022

Inflation has reached a new 40-year high, a new 40-year high of 7.9 percent.

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Mar 15, 2022

A Federal Government that attempts to replace free enterprise is a Federal Government that has overstepped its bounds.

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Mar 15, 2022

This free market system that has lifted Americans to the highest standard of living ever achieved by a major economy.

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Mar 15, 2022

When the government tells companies not to listen to shareholders, it is really telling companies not to listen to the American people.

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Mar 15, 2022

The free market system that enables American prosperity is under attack by bureaucrats, politicians, and regulators.

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