I am very grateful to the President, and humbled to be here today as a nominee to the United States Supreme Court.

I regret that I have offended some people. I believe that my life demonstrates that that was not my intent to leave the impression that some have taken from my words.

Thank you, Senators, to all Senators. I have received all the graciousness and fair hearing that I could have asked for.

we start with the assumption that it is for Congress, not the federal courts, to articulate the appropriate standards to be applied as a matter of federal law.

It helps you listen and understand. It doesn't change what the law is or what the law commands.

When Congress' intent is clear, the Court applies that clear intent.

We cannot remedy the ills of society in a courtroom. We can only apply the law to the facts before us.

I do admire those parts of Justice Cardozo, which he was most famous for, and think that that is how I approach the law.

I will not use foreign law to interpret the Constitution or American statutes.

I do not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gender group has an advantage in sound judging.

the process of judging is a process of keeping an open mind

The intent of the founders were set forth in the Constitution.

I held that the act violated the Constitution, but that the evidence could still be used because the officers had--there was, in law, a good faith exception to the error in the warrant.

I sustained--well, I rejected the challenges of the defendant that the application of the death penalty to him was based on race, yes.

I share your view of the importance of property rights under the Constitution.

a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat.

It may have. I haven't read it recently enough to remember exactly.

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court found that the fundamental right to privacy included the right to decide whether or not to have an abortion.

the death penalty should not be allowed in America because it created a racial bias and it was undue burden on the perpetrator and their family.