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You know, kids text a lot today. It's phenomenal.
This is the worst drug epidemic I've seen in my lifetime.
Effective cyber-security should be considered an investment.
I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.
In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.
Throughout my career, I've been someone who's led... and solved problems we had.
Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.
Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.
Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.
I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.
The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.
There is no place in Ohio where you couldn't have drugs delivered to you in 15, 20 minutes.
Governing is about making tough decisions, but it's also about figuring out a better way to do things.
There's no typical person [addicted to heroin]. It just has permeated every segment of society in Ohio.
There's no psychological barrier anymore that stops a young person or an older person from taking heroin.
Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges.
My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.
You have to give people a reason to believe that, under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that.
I was sent to Washington by the people of the state of Ohio. We have a diverse state. I am advocate and a fighter for this state.
I put a lot of emphasis on childrens issues. Children are many times ignored because they dont vote, and they dont have lobby groups.
I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract."
Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy.
The court's recent decisions have made life more difficult for the democratic institutions that perform the day- to-day work of our nation.
On every journey you take, you are met with options. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. These are the decisions that shape your life.
If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.
The way I've gotten things done is by working with Democrats and Republicans. I worked with Jay Rockefeller, for example, on highway safety issues.
On my first day in office as Ohio attorney general, I authorized Ohio to join the multistate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare.
Some have even suggested that this recent trend has transformed our democracy from one founded on, "We the people," to one ruled by, "We the court."
Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.
That very document [Constitution] does little to serve people when Supreme Court decisions are written so that even high-priced lawyers can't figure them out.
Federal law provides very powerful tools, such as strict mandatory sentences, to go after repeat violent offenders who are illegally in the possession of a gun.
This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.
Judges are not members of Congress, they're not state legislators, governors, nor presidents. Their job is not to pass laws, implement regulations, nor to make policy.
It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and care they deserve.
I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.
It's in every single county. It's in our cities but it's also in our wealthier suburbs. It's in our small towns. There is no place in Ohio where you can hide from drug epidemic .
To add to the confusion, some of the court's decisions involved multiple concurrences and dissents, making it hard even for lawyers and judges to figure out what the law is and why.
The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our democracy and to our constitution.
When it comes to our Constitution, judges perform, certainly, an important role. But the people, acting through their elected representatives, should play an even more important role.
I found, in the Senate, you can have significant impact whether you're in the minority party or the majority party, and a lot of it goes back to... that you really have to be able to count to 60.
Sometimes local, state and federal laws so clearly run afoul of the Constitution that the court must step in and strike them down. In most cases, the court performs this admirably and with great restraint.
I have seen the cycle of a non-violent, mentally ill offender who is arrested repeatedly and put into the system repeatedly-never being treated for his illness and, as a result, becoming more and more ill.
What the American people really want to know is if Jeff Sessions is going to be a good attorney general. Is he going to protect my family? Is he going to make my community safer? The answer is clearly yes.
Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress the power to impose an individual insurance mandate.
Sherrod Brown, in the House, was one of 66 members of the House to vote against the Patriot Act, and he continues to vote against the Patriot Act, to deny our law enforcement the tools they need to go against terror.
Most people who are selling their mineral rights, this is a once-in-a-lifetime transaction. The people who are buying, the landmen who are coming in, do it every day. So there's a little inequity there about knowledge.
To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.
Im for the fracking. I think its an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.
I'm for the fracking. I think it's an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.