Political Quotes

“I have been listening to the arguments the Senator has made. I have been listening very carefully to the examples the Senator is pointing out about other nominations in which documents were provided. It is my understanding, however, that the Department of Justice has never disclosed confidential deliberative documents on career lawyers in the Solicitor General's Office. These are documents dealing with recommendations on internal deliberations regarding appeals and certiorari or amicus recommendations in pending cases. From the information I am aware of that the White House has provided in each of the cases that the Senator has listed, there is a very clear difference in each of those cases. Take the situation of Judge Bork to which the Senator was referring. The materials involving Judge Bork were very carefully limited to those that focused on his observations on political questions, such as President Nixon's assertion of the executive privilege or the pocket veto. Never has the Department of Justice allowed access to internal career lawyers' working documents on appeals or on certiorari or amicus recommendations, and that is what I understand the Senator to be requesting.”