Larence Thomas
Date:  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:01:35 GMT
American Minute with Bill Federer
October 15th

On this day, October 15, 1788, James Madison, who was called the Father of the Constitution, commented on the role of the Supreme Court:
"As the courts are generally the last in making the decision, it results to them, by refusing or not refusing to execute a law, to stamp it with its final character.
This makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact to the Legislature, which was never intended, and can never be proper."
Also on this day, October 15, 1991, the United States Senate, by a vote 52-48, confirmed Clarence Thomas as a Justice on the Supreme Court.
During the confirmation hearings, Senator Thurmond asked him a question on judicial activism.
Clarence Thomas answered:
"The role of a judge is a limited one. It is to...interpret the Constitution, where called upon, but at no point to impose his or her will or his or her opinion in that process."
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