Issues: Judges

Activist judges have used their life-long appointments to the court to overstep their role and to legislate their own personal opinions from the bench where they are accountable to no one. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will not support a nominee who has a judicial philosophy or record that indicates a tendency to legislate from the bench. In order for a nominee to receive my support in both the Judiciary Committee, he or she must be a strict constructionist and understand the limited role of the judiciary. It is equally important that judges be of good character, possesses a respect for the rule of law, and be able demonstrate that they will set aside their own personal politics, prejudices, and biases and rule based purely on the facts, the law, and the Constitution.