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Progress Texas stated on February 08, 2012 in a web page post.:

Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 24, 2012

Richard Burr stated on October 29, 2016 in a private meeting with supporters:

"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."

By Will Doran• November 3, 2016

Clarence Thomas stated on April 05, 2012 in a speech:

The U.S. Supreme Court has not traditionally asked a lot of questions during oral arguments.

By Eric Stirgus• April 16, 2012

Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void."

By Samantha Putterman• January 23, 2020

Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:

Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2015

Chris Murphy stated on July 09, 2018 in a tweet:

On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."

By Manuela Tobias• July 11, 2018

Chuck Todd stated on January 30, 2022 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”

By Louis Jacobson• January 31, 2022

Mike Huckabee stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.

By Lauren Carroll• May 29, 2015

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson• December 20, 2011

Chuck Grassley stated on June 03, 2013 in a news release:

Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By Louis Jacobson• June 5, 2013

David Brooks stated on May 10, 2010 in a column:

Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 17, 2010

Bishop Thomas Tobin stated on March 27, 2013 in a news release:

"Any legislative action that is taken now could very well be rendered completely null and void by the decision of the Supreme Court expected this June."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 3, 2013

Libertarian National Committee stated on May 26, 2009 in a press release from May 26, 2009:

"Sotomayor has had her rulings thrown out by the court a troubling four times."

By Catharine Richert• May 27, 2009

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on May 13, 2022 in a television ad:

Cheri Beasley “vacated” a man’s death sentence and “threw out” the indictment in a child assault case.

By Paul Specht• May 25, 2022

Jeb Bush stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium:

"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."

By Louis Jacobson• February 10, 2016

Judicial Confirmation Network stated on May 26, 2009 in a released statement:

Sotomayor thinks "that one’s sex, race and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench."

By Robert Farley• May 27, 2009

Bernie Sanders stated on July 10, 2018 in Facebook post:

Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."

By Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018

Anthony Weiner stated on March 02, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:

Says Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in "many cases where she had little role" as solicitor general, simply because of the appearance of a conflict of interest.

By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2011

Paul Summers stated on September 02, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:

Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.

By Tom Humphrey• September 14, 2012

American Principles Project stated on March 08, 2023 in Campaign ad:

At a Wisconsin school, a 12-year-old girl "was transitioned into a boy by school officials without parental consent," and Protasiewicz supports it.

By Madeline Heim• March 29, 2023

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