26 Quotes by Jan LaRue

The president got it right this time. We only wish he had done this on October 3rd. This judge has always been at the top of our list for the Supreme Court.

We have lost a noble American who loved and served his country with great honor and distinction,

The president should name the best-qualified and proven constitutionalist to replace O'Connor as soon as Judge Roberts is confirmed, regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. The American people will decide the consequences of partisan politicians trying to intimidate the president into surrendering his constitutional duty.

The opinions I've read show a circuit-court judge who recognizes what all the lower-court judges recognize, which is that they can't overrule the Supreme Court,

We give Harriet Miers the benefit of the doubt because thus far, President Bush has selected nominees to the federal courts who are committed to the written Constitution. Whether we can support her will depend on what we learn from her record and the hearing process.

You had four members of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who suddenly found a right to same-sex marriage in the oldest written constitution still enforced in the world. That is a prime example of what we mean by judicial activism.

We are assured that the president will keep his promise to nominate a strict constructionist, ... undermine respect for life and family.

We do not think there is anything she could say at her hearing that would satisfy our concerns.

disappointed it isn't someone who I can come right out of the box saying, 'Great, let's go.'