Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I detect a strain in certain current judicial philosophies of trying to deny, minimize, inhibit, cripple the jury system.

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the jury is, before everything, a political institution.

We gather in a serious way for these hearings because voting to confirm an individual to the federal bench is one of the most important and ...

Thank you both very much for being here. I know you have pressing business, and you are excused.