Edward M. Kennedy

I have my differences with the president, but he is absolutely right. He understands history.

I think it's almost like we know the sun is going to come up in the east, and eventually we're going to see on television breaking news that one of the Kennedy's has been involved in a problem, in a serious problem, whether it has to do…

Are people on Capitol Hill being pushed apart or brought together by the demonstrations? Have they been helpful or hurtful?

Do you believe the administration, then, misrepresented the facts to justify the war?

Did you ever tell him, Mr. President, you are overstating the case? Did you ever tell Condoleezza Rice, did you ever tell the vice president that they are overstating the case? And if you didn't, why not?

We will never give in.

We will never give in!

The focus on the border will not prevent undocumented immigration.

Look, we have about 12 million undocumented here. The alternative is, are we going to deport them? That's cost of $240 billion just financially, plus what the kind of disruption that that would have in terms of families, and, finally, the…

Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry lobbied their fellow Democrats to filibuster the nomination.

Congress passes laws, but this president says that he has the sole power to decide whether or not he has to obey those laws. Is that proper? I don't think so.

Those are your words, am I right?

I'm gravely concerned by Judge Alito's clear record of support for vast presidential authority, unchecked by the other two branches of government.

In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I find Judge Alito's support for an all-powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling.

Fifteen years of service on the Circuit Court of Appeals, more than 300 cases that he has written, and no one can read those cases without finding hostility to basic individual rights and individual liberties, without finding very…

I find Judge Alito's support for an all powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling.

They tell us, trust us; we follow the law. Give me a break.

I disagree with that view.

The President, like all officers of the Government, is not above the law.

Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy called the appointment an 'abuse of power.'

The nominee will be expected to answer fully so the American people will know whether Judge Roberts would uphold their rights. Anything less would make the Senate a mere rubber stamp.

The Senate rules have allowed the minority to make itself heard as long as necessary to stimulate debate and compromise and even to prevent actions that would undermine the balance of powers or that a minority of Senators strongly oppose…

obviously fed up with Rumsfeld.

A spokesman for Senator Edward Kennedy has called the game despicable.

John Kerry voted with George W. Bush to authorize the use of force in Iraq. Senator Ted Kennedy argued vigorously against it.