Nomination of David H. Souter to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session ... September 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19, 1990U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 1198 páginas |
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... called upon to cast the first vote which will in all likelihood determine the fact of this nomination . I am not aware of any nominee to the Supreme Court in this country who has failed to attain a majority of the votes of the members ...
... called upon to cast the first vote which will in all likelihood determine the fact of this nomination . I am not aware of any nominee to the Supreme Court in this country who has failed to attain a majority of the votes of the members ...
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... called upon to render a decision . Direct questioning about sensitive issues that may come before the Court could impinge on the concept of an impartial , independent judici- ary . We must take all precautions to ensure that the ...
... called upon to render a decision . Direct questioning about sensitive issues that may come before the Court could impinge on the concept of an impartial , independent judici- ary . We must take all precautions to ensure that the ...
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... called upon to make a decision which will have international implications as to what is happening in the Persian Gulf today . There is much concern at the moment about the authority of the President to dispatch U.S. troops under ...
... called upon to make a decision which will have international implications as to what is happening in the Persian Gulf today . There is much concern at the moment about the authority of the President to dispatch U.S. troops under ...
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... called upon to con- firm or not , and then a Justice takes the Court . When the Constitu- tion was written , article I was meant for the Congress , article II for the executive branch , and article III for the Court . And I believe if ...
... called upon to con- firm or not , and then a Justice takes the Court . When the Constitu- tion was written , article I was meant for the Congress , article II for the executive branch , and article III for the Court . And I believe if ...
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... called the consciences of our communi- ties . And I worked with them , and I learned from them , and I will never forget my days with them . When those days on the trial court were over , there were two ex- periences that I took away ...
... called the consciences of our communi- ties . And I worked with them , and I learned from them , and I will never forget my days with them . When those days on the trial court were over , there were two ex- periences that I took away ...
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Página 94 - must be reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.
Página 980 - If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.
Página 440 - ... (c) Every employer, employment agency, and labor organization subject to this title shall (1) make and keep such records relevant to the determinations of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are being committed, (2) preserve such records for such periods...
Página 630 - This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Página 609 - The Court's decisions recognizing a right of privacy also acknowledge that some state regulation in areas protected by that right is appropriate. As noted above, a state may properly assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining medical standards, and in protecting potential life.
Página 632 - On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Constitution does not define "person
Página 56 - National Mutual Ins. Co. v. Tidewater Transfer Co., 337 US 582, 646 (dissenting opinion). Several decisions of this Court make clear that freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Página 611 - For the stage subsequent to viability, the State in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother.
Página 630 - As noted above, a state may properly assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining medical standards, and in protecting potential life. At some point in pregnancy, these respective interests become sufficiently compelling to sustain regulation of the factors that govern the abortion decision.
Página 619 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked nor suggest any such counsel, and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.