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HATCH, Orrin Grant

(1934—)

Senate Years of Service: 1977-
Party: Republican

HATCH, Orrin Grant, a Senator from Utah; born in Homestead Park, Allegheny County, Pa., March 22, 1934; received early education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pa.; graduated, Brigham Young University 1959; graduated, University of Pittsburgh Law School 1962; admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1963 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh; moved to Utah in 1969 and continued practicing law; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Ninety-seventh to Ninety-ninth Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Fourth to One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth Congress).


Bibliography

Hatch, Orrin. Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator . New York: Basic Books, 2002.

Hatch, Orrin. “Better Later Than Never: Implementation of the 1886 Berne Convention.” Cornell International Law Journal 22 (Spring 1989): 171-95.

___. “The Equal Rights Amendment Extension: A Critical Analysis.” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 2 (1979): 19-56.

___. The Equal Rights Amendment: Myths and Realities . s.l., Savant Press, 1983.

___. “Loading the Economy.” Policy Review (Spring 1980): 23-37.

___. “Should the Capital Vote in Congress?—a Critical Analysis of the D.C. Representation Amendment.” Fordham Urban Law Journal 7 (1978-1979): 479-539.

___. “The Politics of Picking Judges.” Journal of Law and Politics 6 (Fall 1989): 35-53.

___. Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator . New York: Basic Books, 2002.

___. The Value of Life . Washington: National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, 1984.

Hatch, Orrin, and James MacGregor Burns. “Still Adequate in the Twentieth Century? A Debate.” Utah Law Review (1987): 871-93.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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