Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"We expect judges to respect precedent."

"I think that one of the reasons our system was designed the way it was with the jury system there to protect individuals is because the experience of the Founding Fathers was that the Governors could ..."

"if you are a legislator and you lose the substantive fight that you would like to win, very often your consolation prize is a reporting requirement;"

"But usually I think we have got it completely backwards."