You said it was 'utterly lacking in any legal principle.' That's a pretty tough criticism for a Supreme Court decision.

If you look across the entire run of cases, you see a fairly consistent pattern where respect for precedent goes by the wayside when it gets in the way of result.

Once a legislative body creates a welfare program it's the proper role of the courts to grasp the community meaning and purpose for that welfare benefit.

The constitutional guarantee of national citizenship has never realized its potential to be a generative source of substantive rights.

the Obama administration, that ACS had the opportunity to actually get our ideas and the progressive vision of the Constitution and of law and policy into practice.

One of the concerns that I have expressed about an activist judge is whether or not you approach deciding cases with those agendas in mind or you lay them aside.

I've just gotten notice now that I do have to run, but could I just welcome each of you and apologize for what seems to be a very unfair process here.

You've been pretty outspoken in your criticism of the current Supreme Court. In fact, you've suggested that it lacks both principle and legitimacy.

Violence there is escalating exponentially. Thousands of people have been killed just south of the border by drug cartels.

I rise to talk about the judicial confirmation process, given the fact that President Obama will soon be nominating someone for the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Stevens. There has been a lot written about this subject. It…

I am very disappointed that the administration appears to be putting a very low priority on securing our southern border.

You want a judge who is going to be on the Court to say: I understand the balance of power. I have read the law, and I understand the precedents that relate to this particular kind of fact pattern. And based on the law and based on these…

last week I traveled around my State of Arizona to large towns and small, and I heard from many of my constituents. Arizonians have very serious concerns about what is happening here in Washington. They are worried about the direction in…

It is easier just to say the ``other'' Senator from Arizona, given who my colleague is. First of all, I want to say that my colleague, John McCain, has been a leader in this battle for fiscal responsibility for as long as I have been in…

I think his words deserve a lot of attention. I just want to briefly address this morning a couple of the claims my Democratic colleagues are making about this new legislation, claims that are simply false. The first one: There is a big…

How does the Ensign amendment affect service to small and medium hub airports inside the perimeter?

this evening, there is a vote scheduled on the Ensign amendment, which would amend an archaic regulation, called the DCA perimeter rule, that has limited competition and travel options for those who fly in and out of Ronald Reagan…

I say to my colleague, Mr. Fine, a leader of one of the very large health systems in the State of Arizona, had been, I would say, very forward leaning, maybe even supportive of the health care reforms that had been proposed by the…

I appreciate my colleague bringing that to light. The answer, of course, is absolutely yes. I think at last count there were some 38 States that had expressed either through their attorneys general, Governor, or State legislature the…

the Governor had sent a previous letter, which is also in the Congressional Record, in which she specified the amount of money, $4 billion of extra costs, for the State of Arizona after our State has already slashed billions from the…

I wish to go back to the subject my colleague, Senator McCain, was discussing earlier today. He had printed in the Congressional Record a letter sent by the Governor of the State of Arizona to the Speaker and to the majority leader of the…

I will make some comments about that. But I do want to address this question of the so-called perimeter rule, which is relevant to the FAA bill that is before us, and an amendment that has been filed by Senator Ensign that will be modified…

my colleague from Tennessee is exactly correct. Just that one item alone--of course it is part of Medicare; you have to pay doctors to take care of you in Medicare--and if you do not include the cost of that, then obviously you are not…

Yes, I will. I was about to get to the final point, which is the matter on which my colleague from Tennessee is the expert, and that is the latest item to try to flavor the legislation to get more votes; namely, to have the Federal…

Unless my colleague from Arkansas wants to respond, I will proceed. Let me comment on the suggestion by the Senator from North Dakota that we need to move on with this legislation. I agree. It could be concluded this week. On the other…