It was not a little bitty matter. It was not a matter that just slid into reality.

I found it difficult to understand how, when she did not meet those qualifications, that the Committee reached the highest rating for the highest score in the land.

We are doing our best to be cooperative.

They want to know that the next nominee to our Supreme Court will be faithful to that Constitution even if they don't like it.

There is a raging debate in this country and no one denies it over the extent to which foreign law can be cited to define a constitution and laws of this country.

Congress frankly was very frustrated at the law schools. We passed four or five versions of the Solomon amendment to get around every maneuver that occurred on the campuses.

I think the vast majority of Americans are pleased with the Court's ruling in both the District of Columbia v. Heller, that was in 2008, as well as McDonald v. City of Chicago earlier this week.

the military said the law was still in effect.

I think the other witnesses' testimony that the military wasn't the one that should have been blamed, those in Congress who voted the law are the ones responsible for that law.

I guess I am in favor of good ideas coming from wherever you can get them.

Congratulations on moving the Congress to alter the law, I think, in a way that will not allow that kind of thing to happen.

I think I used Senator Hatch's formulation of it.

Well, thank you, for you and your leadership on the abortion issue. It is a matter of legitimate interest by millions of Americans who deeply are concerned about what they think is a procedure that is indecent and does not speak well of…

I do too. I thought that, you know, if you believe like Justice Kennedy has said, or Justice Ginsberg, or Stevens, why not defend them.

I think it gave the parties ample opportunity to both brief and argue the question.

This is a very, very significant matter.

I absolutely do. In fact, you know, much is made over time about the network, you know, the networking opportunities going to an Ivy League will provide students and be shut out of that, when everyone goes through a Career Services Office…

I think they just simply returned to the plain words of the document, and there was evidence that the people who drafted it had that in mind.

I think we'll all have to think about that as this nomination goes forward.

I do believe that your actions, I think your actions there were not consistent with the law.

We also clearly saw that Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Ginsberg want to overturn Heller.

I do know that Congress felt that the statute was not artfully drawn and rewrote it so it would be clear.

I do believe it is healthy to have this panel and have people come before the country and be on C-SPAN and present official positions before this Senate, and I think it is a healthy part of democracy and I appreciate the Chairman allowing…

I know you were an outspoken leader against the military policy.

It is not a coronation, as I have said, but a confirmation process.