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Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law.
Sam Brownback
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Sam Brownback
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 12
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My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.
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And you can claim whatever you want to of being pro-life or pro- choice, but the right to a abortion is not in the Constitution. The court created it. It created a constitutional right. And these decisions removed a fully appropriate political judgment from the people of the several states and has led to many adverse consequences.
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I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.
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We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong.
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