I hope you will understand that this war is not over, that the war is coming back to our shores.

This is not a job interview. This is hell.

The Department of Justice for the last 45 years has taken the consistent position through Republican and Democratic administrations that a sitting President may not be indicted while in office.

The Nixon holding said that in the context of the specific regulations there, that a criminal trial subpoena to the President for information--in that case the tapes--could be enforced, notwithstanding the executive privilege that was…

Thanks, Dianne. You helped him a lot.

So all of us could vote because five people have said liberty means right to--the State has no interest here, compelling interest before medical viability, that we could pass all the laws we want, it does not matter because they fall.

People see through this. You had a chance and you lost.

the Congress has decided to self-neuter.

You have never done anything better in my view than to pick Gorsuch and Kavanaugh because you had an opportunity to put well-qualified conservatives on the Court.

If you are confirmed--and I believe you will be--what is your hope when all of this is said and done and your time is up, how would you like to be remembered?

At the end of the day, it is what this fight is about.

What matters to me is the quality of your work, and I think you do the country a great service.

I expect President Obama to go to someone like Elena Kagan who is progressive, shares his general view of judging, and who happened to be highly qualified.

Most Americans after this hearing will have a dimmer view of the Senate. Rightly so.

God, I hope you never get it. I hope the American people can see through this sham that you knew about it and you held it.

He sounds like a great judge, but a lousy politician. He has no chance in my business.

Are you aware of the fact that the radical Islamic groups are trying to recruit Americans to their cause, that they are over the internet trying to get Americans to take up jihad?

To my Republican colleagues, if you vote no, you are legitimizing the most despicable thing I have seen in my time in politics.

Dianne Feinstein is a wonderful lady and has passion on this issue about assault weapons.

This hearing is neither entertaining, nor appropriate for young people.

I would like to introduce into the record an op-ed from the L.A. Times editorial board entitled 'Can the Supreme Court Confirmation Process Ever Be Repaired?'

It used to be the understanding of this body that elections have consequences, and you would expect the President who won the election to pick somebody of their philosophy.

Hillary Clinton explicitly promised to nominate Justices who would overturn Heller v. District of Columbia.

I worry about the people coming after you. Every time we have one of these hearings, it gets worse and worse and worse.

Brett is a judge's judge, someone doing his absolute best to follow the law rather than his policy preferences.