[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 52 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PRESIDENT CLINTON IS APPOINTING JUDGES WHO AGREE WITH HIS VIEW OF 
                     SOCIAL AND JUDICIAL LIBERALISM

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, the philosophy of the 1960's 
was to ``do your own thing'' and to ignore the consequences. This 
philosophy has crept into almost every institution in American life, 
including the law. Instead of dispensing justice, jurisprudence today 
seems more like a competition to see which judge or lawyer can come up 
with the most unusual or creative way to let criminals off the hook.
  Perhaps the clearest evidence of this is Bill Clinton's appointments 
to the Federal bench. District Judge Harold Baer, Circuit Judge 
Rosemary Barkett, and District Judge Leonie Brinkema--just to name a 
few. All of these judges, Mr. Speaker, have devised new and interesting 
ways to excuse blatant criminal behavior, including armed robbery, drug 
dealing, and murder.
  Bill Clinton's record is clear. As a product of the touchy-feely 
1960's, he is willing to excuse criminal activity and is now appointing 
judges who agree with his view of social judicial liberalism.

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