"I am looking for a Justice who understands that the Constitution means what it says and does not mean what it does not say."
"I will not support anyone who seeks to rewrite the Constitution from the Bench, rather than through our constitutional amendment process."
"I am looking for a Justice who will protect the right to life of innocent infants, instead of caving to the abortion lobby."
"Congress wanted the guidelines to be mandatory. Congress wrote the guidelines in this case. They wanted them to be mandatory."
"I would argue in this era of exploding child pornography, they are not too lenient, at all."
"I just wanted to say, Chairman Durbin, since you mentioned Judge Pitlyk in the Klotz case, she followed the prosecutor's recommendation in that case."
"I am trying to understand your view on why it is that while the images, the number of images available on these things has exploded, that sentencing shouldn't track that."
"I think that somebody--the more images that are there, the more punishment there should be."
"So if you made a recommendation to a judge and that judge went 90 percent or more below your recommendation that you thought was necessary to keep the public safe, would you be worried about the effec..."
"So, in other words, if you have a judge who consistently sentences, let's say, in an area, let's say child pornography, below what the Government is asking for, what the guidelines are asking for, you..."
"I wish that Judge Jackson shared your perspective, General."