Orrin Hatch

Imposing an employer mandate could result in the loss of more than 220,000 jobs in this country.

It is essential that Congress act swiftly to enact my bill to once again make the setting of minimum retail prices illegal.

I have introduced the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, cosponsored by Senator Whitehouse.

To put the point most simply, as a general matter, it is unfathomable how the law of, say, France, in 2009, could help one discern the original public meaning of the United States Constitution.

The most important job of a Supreme Court justice is to discern what the words on that piece of parchment mean.

I should note that this was before Congress passed the Curt Flood Act authored by Senators Hatch and Leahy which made it clear that baseball's anti-trust exemption could not be used to undermine Federal law.

The notion that this evolution may be brought about by changes in foreign law violates basic premises of democratic self-governance.

Those who would rely on such sources must be engaged in a different project.

We all respect you. You know that, I know that. You've given a long public service that is of great distinction.

They didn't change the law, they actually recognized there was a case of first impression here that had to be decided.

I appreciate the joy and the verve with which you run New York City.

This is one of the most important cases in the country's history, and that's why it's caused such a furor.

I want to compliment all of you firemen for being willing to stand up in this issue, because this is an important issue for people of whatever race, or gender, or ethnicity.

The case did not even purport to be a thorough examination of the Second Amendment.

I think it is also important for you to know how I feel about these type of cases.

I think I should be more specific.

The right to bear arms is a natural right.

By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects.

I want to begin here today by looking at your cases in an area that is very important to many of us, and that is the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, and your conclusion that the right is not fundamental.

Even the District Court felt that this was an unusual case.

It has always been widely understood that the Second Amendment, like the First and Fourth Amendments, codified a preexisting right.

I just can't understand the claim that you were just sticking to binding, clear, longstanding precedent.

People all over the country are tired of courts imposing their will against one group or another without justification.

You can take my word on it.

If a holding in the Supreme Court means that it is settled, you believe that Gonzalez v. Carhart, upholding the partial birth abortion ban, is settled law.