Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"They are obligated to decide cases based on the law and the facts."

"I was actually an attorney general while your attorney general, Drew Edmondson, was the head of the National Association of Attorneys General, and he thinks very highly of you."

"They are obliged to respect precedent."

"The person in the house was actually the best person to buy the house, and yet the bank insisted on throwing them out."