I think my friend from South Dakota makes an excellent observation. This admission of her failure to study the history surrounding the second amendment is also in stark contrast to her emphasis on the importance of students studying…

That is the way it appears to me. This is another example of where her personal beliefs come in to affect the way she is going to be as a judicial activist.

I am glad the Senator from Alabama asked that critical question. I think it is so important for Americans, people in this body, but especially our Supreme Court Justices, to understand. We have to remember that the founding generation had…

I will add, concluding my remarks, that this issue is of critical importance. Without the second amendment, the rest of the Bill of Rights can go away. That is what our Founders recognized. Our colleagues, before they vote on Solicitor…

As a matter of fact, she did teach constitutional law. I suspect that in the course of her career, she came to understand where the Founders included these words in the second amendment in the Bill of Rights: A well regulated Militia…

I ask the ranking member about the McDonald case, and maybe he can go into some details about the McDonald case and the significance of that when it comes to future decisions.

In the McDonald case, as I understand, there were several restrictions put on citizens when it came to their second amendment right: paying a $100 processing fee and a $15 fee for each gun registered; undergo and pass a firearms safety…

I ask my friend from South Dakota, why is it so significant that both of these groups have opposed her nomination?

As a matter of fact, I was surprised. I think she did a real disservice to her prior employers, Justice Marshall, President Clinton, by not studying the history of the second amendment before she provided them with legal advice. I also…

I believe very strongly that the best thing that we could do is...broadening the base and lowering the tax rates.

If we raise taxes over the next couple of years...will GDP go down?

It does make sense that raising taxes will decrease the GDP?