Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as we all have observed in recent years, we have witnessed a deeply concerning string of attacks, verbal and otherwise, against Federal judges. I am not talking about fiery speeches or statements by activists and organizations that happen to disagree with a particular ruling. That is their right under the First Amendment to the Constitution. What I am talking about are physical threats, including those from elected officials who want to control another branch of government and because they don't like the decisions that the judiciary is handing down in a given case. A few years ago, five of our Democratic colleagues filed a friend of the Court brief in the Supreme Court on a case involving gun rights. These Senators made a not-so-subtle threat to the Justices that unless the Court ruled in a certain way, the entire institution could be, quote, ``restructured.'' Some might call that coercion or intimidation. Last year, one of our Democratic colleagues took another jab, calling the Supreme Court's conservative majority ``stolen,'' ``illegitimate,'' and ``far right.'' But without a doubt, one of the most shocking and reckless examples of what I am talking about occurred 4 years ago with New York's senior Senator, now the majority leader of the United States Senate. As the Supreme Court considered an abortion case, the Democratic leader went to the steps of the Supreme Court and threatened two Supreme Court Justices by name if they did not rule a certain way.…”