"African Americans were being discriminated against systematically in voting."
"it is a lot easier to be vigorous and outspoken. But it is different as you begin to think about the awesome responsibility of serving as an Attorney General."
"It is not true that refugees do not commit terrorist acts. There is a danger, even in the refugee population."
"I will, Senator Crapo. And I would note on the death penalty case, my appellate lawyers gave a little briefing of the cases that were coming up, and they said, 'We will be defending this death case, b..."
"agencies oftentimes see themselves as independent fiefdoms."
"if you take that position, you are not portrayed as being wrong on the Tribal issue; you are portrayed as being against a bill that would protect women from violence"
"They would be enforced until there is an alteration of it, yes."
"I do not know that I defer to the Southern Poverty Law Center as the final authority on who is a radical group."
"The Solicitor General... has a duty, the Department of Justice does, to defend the laws passed by this body, by Congress."
"I hope we do not read him his Miranda rights in 2 weeks."
"Well, it can fail to enforce it by setting prosecutorial policies with regard to declining to prosecute whole chunks of cases and, in effect, eliminate a statute."