I believe it would be wrong for Supreme Court Justices to turn their back on landmark Court precedents protecting individual Constitutional rights.

I thanked you in the beginning for your willingness to serve the public as a prosecutor and as a judge.

Religious Freedom is one of the basic principles in our Constitution.

I think you will find that each member of this Committee and each member of the United States Senate wants to do what is right for our country.

I do think the--need for clarity for the community as to what is appropriate conduct well beyond the litigants of a particular case is a factor where clarification is needed and should weigh heavily on whether the court takes that type of…

I trust the Congress would prefer to make needed changes itself rather than have the courts do so for it.

I look forward to working with Congress and the courts in advancing a strategy.

There is a need for it. That need continues, and notwithstanding evidence.

It led to the Fair Housing Act enacted by Congress.

It is likely that the Supreme Court will consider important protections in our Constitution for women, our environment and consumers, as well as voting rights, privacy, and the separation of church and state.

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

I think it is the highest compliment when your peers give you the highest rating.

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

Making decisions on who should have command positions solely based on statistics and politics, where the outcome of the decision could result in injury or death, is contrary to sound public policy.

Progress for women in this country has not come easily or quickly.

I believe my cases, my entire record shows that I look at the acts of Congress, as I think the Supreme Court does, with deference.

I think, as attorneys, we all have a special responsibility to ensure equal justice and that requires equal access.

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

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

The freedom of religion expression is truly a fundamental American right.

Each Justice can play a critical role in forming the needed consensus in our nation's highest court.

You put a face on the issues.

You have set a very high standard for me and for those I might have to consider.

Before this hearing, the people of this country knew that the president had selected someone with incredible credentials to be a Supreme Court member.

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