What happened on September 11, 2001, was unprecedented. It was the most vicious attack on our homeland by a foreign entity in the history of the Nation.

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.

You've got a judge who has been on a Circuit Court for a dozen years.

to deny a low-income woman Medicaid funding, taxpayer funds to have an abortion, if you deny her that, that's a form of slavery.

I hope one day that there will be more women serving in elected official and judicial offices in the Mideast.

No Republican would have chosen you, Judge. That is just the way it is.

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.

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

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

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

What would a woman's life be in their world if they can control a government or a part of the world? What do they have in store for women?