Political Quotes

“I have gotten to know Paul Cassell, and I am a very big fan of Paul Cassell. I think he will do a superb job on the bench. It is not often we have the opportunity, as Senators, to vote for a nominee, who we really have gotten to know in our work in the Senate, to serve as a district judge in another State. But Paul Cassell has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and has worked many hours with Senator Feinstein and myself and some other Senators in helping to craft the victims' rights constitutional amendment. You can have a view either for or against that amendment, but Professor Laurence Tribe from Harvard and Professor Paul Cassell from the University of Utah are the two legal professors, constitutional scholars, who have helped us most. They may represent different points on the political spectrum perhaps, but in terms of their legal scholarship and their ability to work together in helping us to craft this amendment, they have performed a magnificent service.”