Jay Sekulow Quotes (30 Quotes)


    This whole process is not used to a nominee who is not a sitting judge. Everybody's been kind of feeling their way over the last few weeks, and now it's moving into a phase where everybody is getting familiar with their role and the situation.

    This no longer puts the abortion issue in the abstract with the Supreme Court. This is as live a controversy as you can get.

    Pat Robertson's an influential conservative leader, ... He's quite capable of picking up the phone himself.

    Should parents be notified if a minor's going to have an abortion Of course our answer is that they should be notified.

    This is an important victory for the military and ultimately for our national security.


    At a time when our military is trying to attract the best and the brightest of our young people, it makes no sense to bar recruiters from college campuses--especially when federal funds are used to support these schools.

    The Supreme Court got it right in determining that the appeals court went too far by declaring the parental notification law in New Hampshire unconstitutional. Parents have a critical role to play in the health and well being of their children, especially when considering an abortion.

    left open the possibility that we will see a marriage statute in Vermont that will impact this kind of arrangement or this kind of relationship.

    All of us who were supporting the White House on this expressed that we have a job here this isn't a cakewalk.

    This is the front-line abortion case in the country.


    If they're going to take the dollars from the federal government then the federal government has a right to have its recruiters on campus.

    for speech that was a ... secular message or an invocation. So it's neutral on its face. It says, 'Say whatever you want to say.'

    This is an important moment in the confirmation process but it is unfortunate that the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee put partisan politics first in their vote today.

    This is another example of a federal district court exhibiting hostility toward a time-honored tradition which has been defended by numerous Justices including Justice O'Connor who said eliminating such references 'would sever ties to a history that sustains this nation even today,'

    It's encouraging that several Democrats recognized his talents and capabilities by voting for his confirmation. At the same time, though, it's unfortunate that others chose to politicize a confirmation process by trying to turn it into some sort of election,

    We believe the court should dismiss this lawsuit, which has no basis in fact and presents another flawed attempt to use the legal system for remove a legitimate reference to the religious heritage of our country.

    This moves the court to a more conservative tilt, no doubt about it. Justice O'Connor was the swing vote on a lot of cases, and she sometimes swung in the other direction.

    This is a major victory for the pro-life community and removes a cloud that has been hanging over pro-life demonstrations for years.

    The focus will soon shift to President Bush's next appointee to the high court. We have no doubt that President Bush will select a nominee who embraces his judicial philosophy of interpreting the Constitution - not legislating from the bench. The political dynamics suggest that the confirmation process for the next nominee will be much more contentious. We hope that isn't the case, but are certainly prepared to move quickly and aggressively to ensure that the next nominee gets a fair hearing and a prompt vote in the Senate.

    The decision distorts the First Amendment by exhibiting hostility toward student speech. This decision will interject additional confusion into the area of protected religious expression in the schools. The opinion blurs the distinction between government speech and private speech. It is the free speech of the students that has been censored.

    With the new make-up of the high court, we are encouraged that the Justices will determine that the government does have a vital and compelling interest in preventing the spread of the practice of abortion into infanticide.

    I encourage people to connect the dots. Hecht is a pro-life conservative, so we take a lot of comfort from that.

    This is the most closely divided court in Supreme Court history. This is the swing vote. Everybody, right, left and center knows what is at stake here.

    This is a disappointing decision that is likely to result in a troubling movement by states to pass their own assisted suicide laws.

    With her conservative judicial philosophy, she understands that judges must not legislate from the bench. And while she may hold personal views that underscore the value of human life, it would be wrong for those views to be used against her in the confirmation process.

    We're hopeful the high court will determine that the national ban is not only proper, but constitutional as well.

    While the court did not address the merits of the case, it is clear that the Pledge of Allegiance and the words 'under God' can continue to be recited by students across America.

    I think they'll have a difficult time getting a filibuster. You have to be realistic here.

    This has got the whole conservative base really excited and enthused,


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