Arlen Specter actually said...

We Senators would like to know what the standards are so we know what to do when we undertake legislation.

I think I actually went back to criticize Judge Sotomayor's activities going all the way back to Princeton University.

I think it was wrong for America to wait until 1967 to have an African-American, Justice Thurgood Marshall, on the court.

But the court decides all the cutting-edge questions of the day. The Senate is televised, the House is televised.