Patrick Leahy actually said...

You said judges should, I quote, 'should strive to apply the law as it is, focusing backward, not forward.'

Leahy cites Gorsuch's judicial philosophy on interpreting laws.

03/19/2017

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I intend to reintroduce that bill tomorrow and hope that Senators from both parties will join me in this effort to improve the PATRIOT Act.

I have had concerns about the scope of Section 702, even though its statutory focus is on foreigners overseas.

I remain concerned that as a country we have yet to strike the right balance between the intelligence-gathering needs of the FBI and the civ...

The kind of meat axe approach of that has been devastating to law enforcement.