"Today's hearing will provide much needed context to these experiences because if we better understand the why, we can better prepare for the future."
"My district, we are down at the bottom of the state. You are Columbus, I think, and I am Cincinnati."
"I think disclosure is important and I think it can be done."
"We know from polling that a majority of the American people now believe the court is political."
"There are some things that are more important than power and keeping power, and that is the preservation of our democratic republic."
"You don't do everything. You don't violate rules and norms. You don't jeopardize confidence in the democracy just to keep power."
"Would you agree that the American Bar Association takes on a more politically active role than the Federalist Society?"
"the Federalist Society, which was founded on, quote, ``principles that the State exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is e..."
"I happen to be pro-life and felt that I couldn't any longer in good faith pay dues to that organization."
"I would submit is exactly what sort of work the Federalist Society undertakes."
"All four of these bills are led by members of both parties, which is now the norm in this Committee."