"I think the message that I would hope, if I were fortunate enough to be confirmed, is that I would provide a courtroom that was a forum where anyone, regardless of background, ethnicity, wealth, what ..."
"It is the largest natural environmental disaster in the history of this country."
"In our view, it was preferable to have a world in which it was the courts that would ultimately have the authority."
"So let me ask you about the other side of that coin, the arbitration process, where many people may not even realize that they have signed away, in many contractual relationships, their right to go to..."
"I think if a judge is actively involved, has rule 16 hearings, watch out for what is happening on case management, roll up his or her sleeves and decide motions immediately or shortly after they are f..."
"the Federal prison population has increased 500 percent in the last 30 years"
"We are reviewing that now. In fact, this Judiciary Committee recently took up a bill that I have worked on with my Republican colleagues on the issue of mandatory minimums."
"We have in Illinois something known as the Illinois Innocence Project, which has successfully found many cases where people were wrongly convicted."
"What are your thoughts on that?"
"It is not only of a great service to the community, but it actually is a great service to the younger lawyers."
"As a profession, lawyers, I think, have a special responsibility in that regard."
"Following Katrina, we had many, many lawyers whose homes were destroyed, whose offices were destroyed."