That is something that is appropriate for Congress and the Chief Executive to consider.

It was very painful. I did not know how to respond and did not respond very well.

We made real reform in IDEA. I led that effort. We ended up having the vote of Hillary Clinton and Dick Durbin.

They would be enforced until there is an alteration of it, yes.

Well, Attorney General Mukasey, who I think is still here--yes, and I am honored to have him here today.

the ultimate responsibility of the Attorney General in the Department of Justice is to execute the laws passed by this Congress and to follow the Constitution in that process and carry its principles out.

This cannot be handled in any way that would suggest anything other than absolute objectivity.

Rapid DNA analysis is a hugely important issue for the whole American criminal justice system.

I am not sure it has been conclusively settled one way or the other whether a properly conducted voter ID system is improper and discriminatory. Indeed, the Supreme Court has held that voter ID is legitimate, at least under certain…

I believe in following the law. There is too much focus on people who are here illegally and not enough on the law.

You simply have to help the President do things that he might desire in a lawful way and have to be able to say 'no' both for the country, for the legal system, and for the President to avoid situations that are not acceptable.

The President is subject to certain lawful restrictions, and they would be required to be applied by the appropriate law enforcement official when appropriate, yes.

Senator Sessions stated yesterday that there is not enough financial support to deport 800,000 people, and at the same time he opposed every single legislation that would have given them a way to become legal.

You speak for the legal interests of the State.

I believe the Court struck that statute down.

Roe v. Wade is firmly ensconced as the law of the land, and I do not know if we would see a change in that.

Yes, I do believe that I have conducted myself according to principles that I think are valid and try to be consistent and honest in my evaluation.

This country has every right to deport persons who are here unlawfully, who violate our criminal laws in some other aspect, and they should indeed be promptly deported.