The United States condemns the Asad regime's use of brutal violence and human rights abuses and calls on the Asad regime to stop its violence against the Syrian people.

These are the men and women who work to ensure that debate on public issues can be, in the words of Justice William Brennan, 'uninhibited, robust, and wide open.'

The regime's brutality and repression of the Syrian people, who have been calling for freedom and a representative government, not only endangers the Syrian people themselves, but also is generating instability throughout the region.

The regime's brutal war on the Syrian people... not only endangers the Syrian people themselves, but could yield greater instability throughout the region.

I clearly should have been more specific.

This is an abdication of the Senate's responsibility.

Even my aides can't explain the rising poll numbers.

The Supreme Court must remain above partisan politics.

Now it's time for the Senate to do their job.

There is absolutely no reason for Republican Senators to deny him the basic courtesy of a hearing and a vote.

The end of the Republic has never looked better.

This is not about partisan politics, it's about upholding the institutions that make our democracy work.