Richard Blumenthal actually said...

He's not only attacked the American judiciary, he's set a litmus test -- in fact, a set of litmus tests -- that his nominee has to be, quote...

I have serious and grave concerns. I am deeply troubled by his failure to commit to certain responses, his lack of an explicit response and ...

This combination of the president's attacks on the judiciary goes to the core, absolutely to a foundational principle of our constitutional ...

This condemnation has to be public, direct, explicit, because he has to show the American people that he will be independent.