Richard Durbin actually said...

You, Judge Jackson, are one of Mr. Lincoln's living witnesses of an America that is unafraid of challenge.

This process is broken, but it's a product of a broader brokenness in the erosion of our constitutional structure.

The American people, our constituents, and their faith--and their faith in the courts, that's central to our democracy.

President Lincoln learned at Gettysburg that 275 words were enough.