We want judges who have the ability, the integrity, the experience to make good decisions.
Just to thank you for allowing me to spend more time than normal asking questions, and you and Senator Leahy have been g...
I do think the Sentencing Commission invests a tremendous amount of time in trying to identify what the ranges of senten...
Each of you have had significant accomplishments in your career.
I predicted, on the floor of the Senate, that much of that legislation that passed was not going to withstand constituti...
It does mean a lot to us that Senators, I think, take seriously their responsibility to review nominees.
I think they provide a great service, not only to judges, but also to litigants, defendants.
some people don't realize that a lot of the individuals that are prosecuted are dangerous people.
I think it is a good thing to see women take a larger role in the Federal judiciary.
If a person appearing before the bench feels that the judge's personal experiences... causes them to not listen fairly t...
I think it didn't.
I believe the Supreme Court, two members of the Supreme Court were deeply in error, in effect, by agreeing with the ACLU...
I think the zeal to have more diversity on the bench has led to some rhetoric from a lot of our nominees.
I think I voted for 90 percent-plus of President Clinton's nominees, and hope to be able to do the same with President O...
It's a remarkable system. Everybody had doubts about it.
There are enduring terms and text in the Constitution that remain firm and fixed for all time unless amended pursuant to...
I think that causes you starting down a slippery slope.
Today's nominees have been nominated for a lifetime appointment.