Richard Durbin actually said...

Those precedents must be given deference in any situation that arises before the court.

In my view because you have agreed with your Republican colleagues on constitutional issues some 98 percent of the time, I don't see how you...

Precedent is that which gives stability to the law.

The questions being asked of you from the other side primarily are along the lines of: will you go too far in siding with minorities?