Political Quotes

“I understand your position now, which is that you are asking for the disclosure of this broad array of confidential documents. I assume you are aware that every living former Solicitor General has rejected this request. This letter was signed by Democrats Seth Waxman, Walter Dellinger, and by Republicans, Ken Starr, Charles Fried, Robert Bork, and Archibald Cox for the very reasons we have been talking about. I want to get at this principle. Is it the correct policy, is it the right thing for us to do in the Senate, to change the practice? I understand you can list a few cases where there were exceptions in the history of handling judicial nominations in this country, but if you look at the thousands, indeed tens of thousands of judicial nominations, the policy and practice of the Senate has been not to delve into the confidential documents for the very reason every former living Solicitor General has said it would compromise the ability of its office to do its work effectively.”