Chuck Grassley

I have had another request for documents.

The National Archives has 13 archivists who handle George W. Bush's Presidential records.

I think I make Chief Justice Roberts uncomfortable when I raise the issue with him when I speak for a short period of time at the Judicial Conference.

We ruled for the union against Walmart in that case on the ground that the factual record supported the conclusion that the company had engaged in unfair labor practices.

I wrote an opinion reversing the denial of benefits for the woman and also making clear to the Social Security Administration that any further delay would not be tolerated.

Our aspirations as Americans is equal justice under law.

You have demonstrated the judicial values of the bench.

We can follow the law and respect the process, and respect the rights of each of our colleagues and the rights of the American people to review documents that might be relevant here.

If we want to be able to have a process not just with this administration, but in every Presidential administration, Democratic, Republican, or of other stripe in the future, we need to respect the process and respect the privilege that is…

These Senators could have made the same request last week, but maybe that would have deprived them of more talk that they have been able to express about my hiding of documents.

She does get an A for her cooperation.

I invite all Members of the Committee to submit to me by noon, August the 28th, a list of document control numbers specifically identifying committee confidential documents, or documents publicly released with redactions, that a Member…

Your 12 years of exceptional judicial service... make you very well qualified to receive a promotion from the second highest court in the land to the highest court in the land.

Your testimony yesterday over a nearly 30-hour day made very clear that you have a strong command of the law.

I would like to suggest for the purpose of the SCOTUS nomination that all of us waive any right to the Speech and Debate Clause.

One of the fundamental problems about not understanding the limits on Executive power is that we are not doing a very good job of talking together in common.

Shame on us. Not shame on them that they do not understand that because we are not doing that basic civics.

If we are doing civics right in America, we should be seeing fewer and fewer political disputes trying to be settled at the Court.

We should have a lot more unum, a lot more unity about what we think the role of the judge is.

Immunity is not--not the correct word, and I do not think anyone thinks of immunity.

No one is above the law.

We have to follow the Presidential Records Act, and that is what we are following, is the law.

There is also the question of independence from the legislative branch, equally as important.

The judiciary must continue to be the least political and least dangerous branch.

It was our time, as Committee Members, yesterday to make our case. Today is different.