Ben Cardin actually said...

"It does not say, 'If necessary, the Congress shall have power to enforce this article.' It just says that we have the power."

"I want a justice who will continue to move the court forward in protecting those important civil rights."

"The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

"This is not equal justice under the law as promised by the etching on the entrance to the United States Supreme Court."