Furthermore, this chorus of characters emphasises the importance of the written word over the merely subjective, even saying that "Love declared on paper means far more than love declared orally".
In 1987, Robert Bork, in his confirmation hearing, declared that he did not believe in a constitutional right to privacy, an assertion that contributed to his defeat.
A nuncupative (orally declared) will is exceptionally admitted in some jurisdictions in emergency situations, such as those of the soldier on active war duty, the sailor on board ship, or a person finding himself in immediate danger of death.
"When the body of a blessed person is discovered to be uncorrupted... it is a confirmation of sanctity," declared Vittorio Messori, a popular Italian Catholic author.
Historically and possibly currently in some states, witnesses must hear the testator orally declare that the document that they are witnessing is the testator's will (publication requirement).
At his confirmation hearings, in January, he declared that Trump's signature campaign proposal — a giant wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — "will not do the job".
In a blistering dissent, which he took the unusual step of delivering orally, Justice Stephen Breyer declared: "If the court in Citizens United opened a door, today's decision may well open a floodgate".
[During his confirmation hearings] Justice Anthony M. Kennedy reassured the Senate by rejecting originalism; the Constitution's framers had "made a covenant with the future," he declared in his confirmation hearing. .
In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder declared that the interrogation practice known as waterboarding amounts to torture, departing from the interpretation of his Bush administration predecessors.
And Roberti declared that Lungren's confirmation will not be "smooth sailing, that's for sure". The Legislature is working under a Feb. 29 deadline.
She has made the most of the interlude by meeting privately with all twenty of the senators on the committee — both Republicans who have already declared their opposition to her confirmation and those who are more favorably disposed.
