If you are an American in Afghanistan, you have constitutional rights as against the U.S. Government. That is long-settled law.

So when somebody says post-9/11, that we have been at war and it is called the 'War on Terrorism,' do you generally agree with that concept?

So there is a process in place that the Court has followed for a very long time. Is that correct?

You should celebrate, even though you do not vote for him--and I do not know why you would not--the quality of the man chosen by President Obama.

I expect President Obama to go to someone like Elena Kagan who is progressive, shares his general view of judging, and who happened to be highly qualified.

I am not trying to trick you. I do not have anything on Greg.

I promise you that when Strom Thurmond voted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he did not agree with her legal philosophy.

It used to be the understanding of this body that elections have consequences, and you would expect the President who won the election to pick somebody of their philosophy.

Brett is a judge's judge, someone doing his absolute best to follow the law rather than his policy preferences.

You are probably going to get 55 votes, I do not know, 54 to 56 or 57.

I certainly do not want you to have to lay out a test here in the abstract which might determine what your vote or your test would be in a case you have yet to see that may well come before the Supreme Court.

You have never done anything better in my view than to pick Gorsuch and Kavanaugh because you had an opportunity to put well-qualified conservatives on the Court.

I will do everything I can to make sure he finishes his job without political interference.

Dianne Feinstein is a wonderful lady and has passion on this issue about assault weapons.

We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights. It is important that we not reverse Roe v. Wade.

People see through this. You had a chance and you lost.

This is shaping up to be the hypocrisy hearing.

I think you got to be blind as to what is going on here.