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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Elections do have consequences.

The battlefield extends beyond Iraq and Afghanistan.

There was a legitimate legal debate taking place in the courts over the Solomon Amendment.

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.

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.

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

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…

I certainly have an agenda when it comes to an abortion. I respect the Courts, but I'm trying to push the rights of the unborn in a respectful way.

I wish you well. You have handled yourself well. We have some differences. I think the hearings have been on the margins better, but not a lot better than they've been in the past.

It was a political statement that you were making.

As I understand it, they were going to issue a statement that you thought would be a disaster and you wanted to get the full statement into place.

The problem I have is it was the law of the land.

I hope the Court would consider the modern concept of the viability in the 21st century and whatever protection you could give the unborn would be much appreciated on my part by considering science, not your personal feelings, because I…

I think the fact that you don't like what he said makes me feel better about you because this is so nebulous and so empowering to a judge it would make an elected official like me feel very worried that the judge doesn't understand the…

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

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

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