The interest that has been generated by this confirmation proceeding, encouraged by the television, shows the enormous i...
the Supreme Court has really reversed the order. The judiciary is now really in Article 1, if the powers were to be rede...
The court, I would suggest, has time for more cases.
the job of the court is to apply the law, not to make the law.
I had a lot of association with the firefighters in my days as a city official in Philadelphia.
My own view is that it's time we had more women and we had more diversity.
We hope we get it right. But all anybody can use is their--is their best judgment.
I think I actually went back to criticize Judge Sotomayor's activities going all the way back to Princeton University.
I think that kind of diversity is enormously helpful.
The ABA performs this function regularly with all Federal judges, and you interview a lot of people who are knowledgeabl...
I think it was wrong for America to wait until 1967 to have an African-American, Justice Thurgood Marshall, on the court...
But the court decides all the cutting-edge questions of the day. The Senate is televised, the House is televised.
We Senators would like to know what the standards are so we know what to do when we undertake legislation.
I want to return to the issue of the basic authority and responsibility of the Supreme Court to decide the major cases o...
I compliment the President for nominating an Hispanic woman.
The Federal District Court in Detroit said that the Terrorist Surveillance Program was unconstitutional.
I think your record is exemplary, Judge Sotomayor. Exemplary.
Dr. Hamburg, thank you very much for your willingness to serve. I want to commend you and your family for taking on this...