Ben Cardin actually said...

"I think it was the right way for the record to reflect the end of this panel."

"All those who walk through the entrance to the Supreme Court seeking what is inscribed above its door, 'Equal Justice Under Law', can be confident that a Justice Sotomayor will continue to do her part..."

"When we finally won our case and saw the messages we received from every corner of the country, we understood that we did something important together: we sought basic fairness and even-handed enforce..."

"Americans have the right to go into our Federal courts and have their cases judged based on the Constitution and our laws, not on politics or personal feelings."