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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.

Charles Schumer

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Economics Opportunity People Place Teaching Time Young
Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Bigotry Excuse Explanation Poison
In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Brave Enough Home Mistake Protection Security Simplicity World
Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Brief Democracy Government Policy President
I’d like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Care Health Insurance Myself Professional
Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Candidate Judgement Religious Service
So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Children Education Myself Public School
America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Compassionate People Place Togetherness
Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Administration Planning Problem
In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Competition Death Economics Stand
I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don’t think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Death Myself Offense Support Thinking
Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Conservative People Right
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Experience Important Perspective President Reason Vision
This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?
CHARLES SCHUMER

Feeling Function Government Myself Pay Primary Safety
But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Class Democracy Eyes Level Myself Thinking
I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Myself Resource Thinking Time Wasted

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.

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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.

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