Lindsey Graham

My fear is that if we criminalize this war, we're going to get Americans killed for no higher purpose.

The Federal court should become the vehicle by which the executive is forced to choose between two intolerable options, submitting to intrusive and harmful discovery or releasing dangerous detainee.

The problem with this war is there will never be a definable end to hostilities, will there?

Elections do have consequences.

It would be a disaster for the war effort if Federal judges could intervene and require the release of people in detention in Afghanistan under military control.

When the two are together, the courts find more power.

The brief needs to be read by your supporters and your critics because some of your supporters are going to be on--and some of your critics may like what is in there.

I want every conservative legal scholar and commentator to know that you did an excellent job in my view of representing the United States when it came to that case.

It is unfortunate in my view that the legislative branch of the government and the executive branch have not moved more strongly to provide uniform, clear rules and laws for handling these cases.

And quite frankly there shouldn't be, should there?

I think it is one of the great tragedies for the country that he was never able to sit on an appellate court.

The law of armed conflict provides sufficient legal authority for the President to detain individuals suspected of terrorist ties without trial.

As an American, a patriotic American, liberal or conservative, don't you believe that we would all be better off if we had the opportunity within our values, humanely without torture, to hold a terror suspect and gather intelligence before…

The battlefield extends beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.

Whether Congress and the President work together, that courts should take note of that.

If we applied domestic criminal law to the war on terror without any hybrid mix, would that be a good thing?

What I'm trying to illustrate is that the public safety exception I'm looking for would allow the intelligence community to find out about where this guy came from.

We were lucky as a nation that a bunch of people didn't get killed on Christmas day or in the middle of Hanukkah or whatever holiday it may be.

I hope that Congress will rise to the occasion working with the executive to provide some clarity so that we will be able to find a way to fight this war within our value system and recognize the difference between fighting war and…

She is the right person at the right time.

Nothing about her previous jobs should be viewed as undermining her moderate credentials.

Filibusters should only be used in extraordinary circumstances.

History will judge him by his complete career, not one moment in time.

General Kagan is simply a terrific antidote to the lack of practical, real world understanding of the Court.

Elections have consequences.