Lindsey Graham

It is intensely frustrating.

I do not doubt that you are trying to help the country.

It is not really fair to sit here in the quiet peace of the moment and put ourselves in such a holier-than-thou position, because you do not have to make that decision. They did.

It would be crazy for us to capture someone, give them adequate due process, independent judicial review, and the judges agree with the military, 'You're part of al Qaeda, you represent a danger,' and say, at a magic point in time, 'Good…

There is no requirement under military or the law of armed conflict to have civilian judges review the status of our prisoners.

But quite frankly, my friend, I think you've done a lot for America and the Hispanic community. My hat's off to you.

You cannot hold someone in domestic criminal settings indefinitely without trial.

I have nothing but great admiration and respect for those men and women who serve in our judge advocate corps.

What I want to tell the country is that Republicans very much do sit down and think about political picks and appointments in a political sense to try to show that we're a party that looks at all Americans and wants to give an opportunity…

The way we pick our judges should be based on merit, the way we pick our firefighters

I want the world to understand that America is not a bad place because we will hold al Qaeda members under a process that is fair, transparent, until they die.

It makes us stronger for us to give the mastermind of 9/11 his day in court, represented by counsel, and any verdict that comes his way will not be based on prejudice or passion or religious bigotry.

Russ Feingold and Lindsey Graham have reached the same conclusion.

You have come a long way. You have worked very hard.

The reason these speeches matter and the reasons elections matter is because people now understand the role of the court in modern society when it comes to social change.

The court pushed the country to do something politicians were not brave enough to do.

It makes us better than him.

Do you embrace identity politics personally?

I hope you understand the difference between petitioning one's government and having a say in the electoral process.

You have, I think, consistently, as an advocate, took a point of view that was left of center. You have, as a judge, been generally in the mainstream.

We all now agree it is an individual right.

I think and believe, based on what I know about you so far, that you are broad-minded enough to understand that America is bigger than the Bronx, is bigger than South Carolina.

The bottom line is one of the problems the court has now is that Mr. Ricci has a story to tell, too.

The hope for the Mideast, Iraq and Afghanistan, is that there will be a courtroom one day that, if you find yourself in that court, it would be about what you allegedly did, not who you are.

A lot of us feel that the best way to change society is to go to the ballot box, elect someone...