Arlen Specter: “I think beyond doing very well on stamina, you have shown intellect and humor and charm and pride and also modesty.”

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'