"I never thought I would see that a President would act in direct defiance of Federal law by authorizing warrantless NSA surveillance of American citizens. This disrespect for the law is not only wrong, it is destructive in our struggle against terrorism."
"Should I become Attorney General, that would be my attention, to give it the resources that I have."
"Yes, I will, Senator. The collection of that evidence is, I think, critical for crime solving."
"I would expect that I would be able to support that."
"There are certain things that the President has the constitutional right, authority to do that the legislative branch cannot impinge upon."
"There is a false choice, I think, that is often presented, so I would look forward to working with you and the other members of the Committee in trying to make sure that we have good, effective laws t..."
"I think that the report will be an important tool, an important assessment tool for us to find out how these statutes have been working."
"She never did, throughout her too short life. In a career in public service that began in the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and ended as an advocate for environmental justice, she..."
"It is my intention to devote a huge amount of time looking at the Civil Rights Division and restoring that Division."
"In the ball game that we call our judicial system, the Supreme Court gets to be the umpire."
"No, I do not see that in the FISA statute."