Political Quotes

“As I read that historic phrase, and reflect and study on the history behind it, I reach the conclusion that these are coequal powers as it relates to the Federal judiciary responsibilities. They are balanced powers and, as such, they give strength to that time-honored doctrine of checks and balances between the three separate but coequal branches of our Federal Government. The debate before us today goes to the very heart of our Constitution and the doctrine of checks and balances. As such, we should examine the very roots of our Republic to determine these respective responsibilities of the three branches of our Government. The magnificence of the ``great experiment,'' a term used by the skeptics of the work of our Founding Fathers, is what has enabled our Republic to stand today, after over 200 years, as the longest surviving democratic form of government still in existence.”