"the current justices all share very similar professional backgrounds."
"It is an awesome responsibility, and I urge the nominee to engage with this Committee and through these proceedings with the American people in a constitutional conversation about the role of the cour..."
"Justice Stevens' judicial philosophy may be hard to label, but his integrity is rock solid."
"As Justice Stevens wrote in his dissent, 'The Court's opinion is a rejection of the common sense of the American people.'"
"Presidents make their selections based on ideology."
"I was very disappointed in that decision and in the Court for reaching out to change the landscape of election law in a drastic and wholly unnecessary way."
"I believe the proliferation of guns have made this Nation less safe, not more safe."
"I respect your plight and I take so seriously which you pledge to all of us here that you will do your best to consider every case impartially, modestly, with a commitment to principle in accordance w..."
"I appreciate that you engaged with Senators, you have answered their questions more fully than many recent nominees."
"The Supreme Court exists for all Americans."
"The value of such experience depends on whether you view the Supreme Court as a political circus or view its role as crafting policy."
"No Senator came to care more about the Constitution or to be a more effective defendant of our constitutional Government than the senior Senator from West Virginia."
"We are taking the law and bending it as far as we can to capture a whole new class of guns."
"I reject the ideological litmus test, from either the right or the left, that some would apply to Supreme Court nominees."
"I believe we are a better country for the fact that the path of excellence Elena Kagan has taken in her career is a path now open to both men and women."
"Judicial activism now has a new guise--judicial activism to pull the country to the right."
"By elevating the rights of corporations over the rights of the people, the Court damaged our democracy."
"I hope you will be forthcoming in your answers so we can have the open and honest discussion of issues that the country deserves."
