02/14/2011
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"I am proud to support your nomination based on my personal knowledge of your skills and your temperament and your character and your fidelity to the rule of law."
"The thing that has stuck in my craw for the last 18 years is the dissent written by Chief Justice Rehnquist which takes exception to the majority's decision saying they distorted existing precedent."
"I am disappointed that, despite his exemplary qualifications and outstanding record, so many of our colleagues across the aisle have announced their opposition even before he was nominated."
"The legislature to enact laws, the executive to enforce them, and the judicial branch to settle disputes about the meaning of those laws and the Constitution."