Word: kmiec
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...often as he could. But his job frequently kept him in Washington, and the situation left him talking to his colleagues about the influence his father had on him. "He would recount the strenuous efforts his father made to undertake redistricting in a methodical, precise way," says Doug Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine University who worked with Alito. "His father gave him a model for how to deal with people in a fair and evenhanded way." Alito Sr. died in 1987 of a heart problem, and dozens who were involved in New Jersey politics attended his wake...
...Kmiec said the phrase “under God” actually mitigates the power of the government by providing evidence that Americans believe in the existence of a supreme being more powerful than the state...
Dershowitz faced off against Douglas Kmiec, a professor at Catholic University, over the interpretation of the Establishment Clause, which mandates a separation between church and state...
...American government was founded on the individual dignity of the human being, and humans are endowed with rights by God which no one, including the government, can usurp,” Kmiec said...
...unlikely to be an Antonin Scalia or a Clarence Thomas or even a William Rehnquist. Instead, the chosen one will fit neatly into the Kennedy-O'Connor mold: Centrist, clear-headed consensus-builders who are more or less immune to politicization of issues. As Pepperdine University constitutional scholar Douglas Kmiec told the Associated Press, "They end up being the glue of the opinion," moderating the conservative camp and mollifying the moderate-to-liberal camp...