The comments from the White House yesterday about trying to politicize the Department of Justice, they were wrong, and they should be condemned.

Executive immunity has no place in a democracy.

I think Dr. Ford is a victim, and I think she has been through hell, and I am very sympathetic to her.

The rights... belong to people because of the nature of humans, and humans are created in the image of God and they have dignity.

One of the most frightening numbers is that Americans under 35, 41 percent of them tell pollsters they think the First Amendment is dangerous.

If we had to unpack American political philosophy in one word, I think it is anti-majoritarianism.

We need a First Amendment because it is required for individual liberty, and we need it structurally because society, and particularly a republic, needs that discourse.

I think what is happening on campuses right now is really dangerous.

I thought that was a great line of questioning.

I actually got to see it before it was out because Senator Harris gave me a copy, and my kids and I watched it before it was public.

one of the reasons that the executive branch seems so powerful right now is, again, because of how weak the legislature is.

I think precedent is critically important, but I do not think the American people--it is not something that we debate in front of them much.

These two men have been charged with crimes because of evidence, not because who have the president was when the investigations began.

the United States is not some banana republic with a two-tiered system of justice, one for the majority party and one for the minority party.

I find it really difficult to envision any circumstance where I would vote to confirm a successor to Jeff Sessions if he is fired because he's executing his job rather than choosing to act as a partisan hack.

So, this disproportionate economic hardship is the critical factor in determining whether a small refinery is awarded an exemption.

If nominated, how would you ensure your work maintains that balance between shippers and railroads at the STB?

The DIGIT Act, which is bipartisan legislation on the Internet of Things, has passed the Senate, and I hope it's going to be enacted soon.