"The Supreme Court itself in Ricci recognized that it was creating a new standard."
"We have seen the executive branch push the boundaries of power claiming sweeping authority, to disregard acts of Congress."
"That's one way to collect communications of Americans without warrants and to detain people indefinitely without due process."
"Does the Constitution authorize the President to not follow parts of laws duly passed by the Congress that he is willing to sign that he believes are an unconstitutional infringement on executive auth..."
"there are no exceptions from which the President can leave the four corners of this bill."
"No one is above the law."
"When I questioned now Chief Justice Roberts, I talked about how for 60 years the court did not strike down a single Federal law for exceeding Congressional power under the Commerce clause."
"In the last decade, however, the court has changed its interpretation of the Commerce clause and struck down more than three dozen cases."
"Congress has to have the ability to legislate."
"Everything has been hard fought. We as women did not have the right to vote until 1920 and that was after a tremendous battle waged by a group of very brave women called suffragettes."
"I think that you are a walking, talking example of the best part of the United States of America."
"So it is working."